What Could Go Right? The Tide Turns for Sharks
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CITES has expanded shark and ray protections from nearly none twenty years ago to coverage of 96% of all shark and ray species traded for fins and 70% of those for meat. In the past year, 70 of 180 total species were added to the list, including full commercial trade bans for manta and devil rays, oceanic white tip sharks, and whale sharks—the strictest measures enacted for regularly traded species.
Expanded protections do not guarantee population recovery or enforcement in all regions, but this is great progress.
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