CITES plenary today accepted committee recommendations to list five species of highly traded sharks under the CITES appendices, along with those for the listing of both manta rays and one species of sawfish. Oceans inc gets reactions from CITES delegates in Bangkok on this historic days for sharks.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Monday, March 11, 2013
Visiting experts take a tour in Bangkok’s China Town in search of Shark fins
This week in Bangkok, governments from around the world are gathering to discuss regulating the trade in 5 species of shark and manta rays that would impose limits on what can be traded internationally for these threatened species. In a search of shark fins and manta ray parts, a group of visiting experts take a tour in Bangkok’s China Town. Finding shark fins here is not difficult, they are sold in both restaurants and traditional Asian medicine shops.
Friday, March 1, 2013
100 million sharks killed annually - Oceans inc report
According to scientific findings released today in the peer-reviewed journal Marine Policy, the number of sharks killed each year in commercial fisheries is estimated at 100 million, with a range between 63 million and 273 million. Watch Ocean inc's first report from CITES in Bangkok on what needs to change.
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