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March 23, 2010

CITES: Proposal to protect porbeagle was agreed!

BY: Oceana Web

Topics: Habitat Protection, Sustainable Fisheries

 

Today all four shark proposals were debated. Unfortunately, only one was approved. The proposals to protect hammerhead sharks, oceanic whitetips and the spurdog were rejected. The good news is that the proposal to protect the porbeagle was agreed! This is a large, migratory and warm blooded shark. It´s meat is heavily consumed in Europe. The CITES listing (in Appendix II) means that the species traded will only come from sustianable and healthy populatons.

Rebecca Greenberg and Elizabeth Griffin about Shark Decisions.

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