매우 높게 거래되어 온 5개 종의 상어와 만타 레이와 톱상어 중 한가지 종이 2008 년 3 월, 태국, 방콕에서 개최된CITES 아래 CoP16의 결론에 나열되게 되었습니다.
170 개국의 대표단은 8개종의 가장 취약한 상어와 만타 레이의 일부를 포함하여 300 개 이상의 종에 영향을 미치는 70개 제안을 고려했습니다.
“상어와 가오리의 보존을 위한 이핵심적인 이정표를 성취하기 위해 공헌해 준 다이버들의 음성이 자랑스러우며 또 우리는 상어와 가오리 종의 번식에 대한 가치에 대한 인식과 또한 건전한 제안의 지지를 위한 정부들의 변호에 감사드립니다.”라고Project AWARE의 과학 및 정책 담당자이고 어소시에이트 디렉터이신 Ania Budziak (안야 부지악)님이 말했습니다.

 
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Sea turtles can get accidentally caught and killed in fishing operations, and new research out Monday seeks to map this phenomenon for the first time in a bid to save the endangered creatures.
The study in the journal Ecosphere said sea turtles in the East Pacific, North Atlantic, Southwest Atlantic and Mediterranean face the highest bycatch mortality rates.

CITES plenary heeft vandaag het Commissie advies overgenomen om vijf veel verhandelde haaiensoorten op te nemen in de CITES appendices, samen met twee mantaray soorten en een zoetwater zaagvis. Japan, gesteund door Gambia en India, protesteerde tevergeefs tegen het Commissie besluit om de Oceanic White Tip haai op de lijst te zetten. Grenada en China probeerden tevergeefs de discussie te heropenen betreffende drie Hamerhaai soorten. Colombia, Senegal, Mexico en andere landen verdedigden het Commissie besluit de haaiensoorten toe te voegen aan de lijst.

Das Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna, CITES) hat heute in einer dramatischen Plenarsitzung Handelsbeschränkungen für fünf Haiarten und zwei Arten von Teufelsrochen beschlossen. Endlich fand bei der 16. Vertragsstaatenkonferenz (VSK) der Antrag auf Aufnahme des Heringshais in den Anhang II des Übereinkommens die erforderliche Mehrheit. Der als Speisefisch begehrte Heringshai ist auch in europäischen Gewässern heimisch.

Just a few days remain in the public comment period for an Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) proposal to weaken the coast-wide ban on finning (slicing off a shark’s fins and discarding the body at sea). Project AWARE and Shark Advocates International need your help to stop changes that would provide wiggle room for finning smoothhounds and other sharks, and set a terrible policy precedent.

El pleno de CITES celebrado hoy ha aceptado las recomendaciones del Comité de incluir en los Apéndices de CITES a cinco especies de tiburones objeto de un comercio importante, así como las de incluir en dicha Convención tanto a las mantarayas como a una especie de pez sierra.

Oggi, l'Assemblea Plenaria del CITES ha accettato le raccomandazioni del Comitato a proposito dell'inserimento nella “CITES Appendices” di cinque specie di squali altamente minacciate, di ambo le specie di razze ed una di pesci sega. Il Giappone, appoggiato da Gambia ed India, ha inutilmente tentato di opporsi alla decisione del Comitato di inserire nell'elenco lo Squalo Longimanus, mentre Grenada e Cina non sono riuscite a riaprire il dibattito sull'inserimento di tre specie di squali martello.

En plénière aujourd’hui, la CITES a accepté les recommandations du Comité d’inscrire cinq espèces de requins commercialisés aux annexes de la CITES, ainsi que les deux raies mantas et une espèce de poisson-scie.

You can make a difference for the ocean by donating your underwater photos to ZenWave Gallery. Launched last year, the ZenWave goal is to drive social and community change through the sale of amazing photos.  All proceeds raised through the sale of photos support good causes including ocean conservation and Project AWARE.
“I'm Buddhist, a keen amateur photographer and I love to travel.  Through ZenWave I've decided to combine these passions to try and give something back to the amazing places that have given me so much inspiration,” said founder Mark Turner.