Friday, March 8, 2013

Divers Increase Pressure for Shark and Ray Trade Protections Under CITES

Project AWARE, dive business owners and dive supporters united as the voice of the dive community in Bangkok, Thailand at the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CITES CoP16). On 1 March, before the meeting opened, their message was made loud and clear — "healthy shark and ray populations are priceless."