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Mar 01, 2013 - The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) will be held March 3-14, 2013, in Bangkok. Pew will be advocating for greater protection for seven shark species and two mantra ray species.
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Feb 21, 2013 - The Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, takes place in Bangkok, Thailand - March 3 to 14.
At this critical meeting, governments will debate adding five species of sharks and two species of manta rays to the treaty. A positive result will limit international trade of shark fin and meat and manta gill rakers and help reduce the threat of over fishing facing these species.
For nearly 40 years, CITES has shielded thousands of plants and animals from overexploitation through international trade. This treaty is considered one of the best-enforced international conservation agreements. Pew experts highlight key issues under discussion and potential outcomes for this important meeting.
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Apr 19, 2012 - This report quantifies the economic revenues generated by shark diving in Fiji and the distribution of these revenues to the principal local stakeholders involved with the industry. Shark-diving contributed $42.2 million (US) to the economy of Fiji, a sum composed of revenues generated by the industry combined with the taxes paid by shark-divers to the government.
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Aug 02, 2011 - An average of 65 people worldwide are injured by the ocean's top predator each year—with only two or three deaths—but up to 73 million sharks are killed annually by people. Most of them die when fishermen slice off their fins to sell, primarily to Asian markets as a soup ingredient.
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Jun 06, 2011 - A new Pew report reveals that despite major conservation actions, sharks remain threatened throughout the world’s oceans.
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May 02, 2011 - A new study by the Australian Institute of Marine Science concludes that sharks are worth far more alive and swimming. In Palau, the Pacific Island nation that declared its waters a sanctuary free of shark fishing, sharks provide a lynchpin for the tourism industry.
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Jan 27, 2011 - This report assesses the nature and extent of management measures in place for sharks by the Top 20 shark-catching countries identified from shark catch data provided to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
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May 26, 2010 - The biological characteristics of sharks make them particularly vulnerable to overfishing. They grow slowly, become sexually mature relatively late and produce few offspring. This vulnerability is reflected in the large number of shark species that are considered to be threatened or endangered.
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Oct 27, 2008 - Dr. Colin Simpfendorfer and the Lenfest Ocean Program convened an international expert working group to estimate the risk of overfishing for twelve pelagic, or open ocean, shark and ray species caught in Atlantic pelagic longline fisheries under the jurisdiction of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.
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Jun 11, 2008 - Study suggests the Mediterranean Sea may be losing large predatory sharks.
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May 22, 2008 - Fishing spans all oceans and the impact on ocean predators such as sharks and rays is largely unknown. A lack of data and complicated jurisdictional issues present particular challenges for assessing and conserving high seas biodiversity.
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Apr 01, 2008 - Recent studies document unprecedented declines in marine top predators that can initiate trophic cascades.
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May 20, 2007 - Sharks are at the top of the marine food pyramid. Were they to disappear, the havoc to ocean ecosystems would be catastrophic. Article by Colin Woodard about the shark finning debate.
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