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An outpouring of support from the scuba diving community for critical CITES protections This is a significant and historic achievement for marine species in general, specifically manta rays which are the first Elasmobranch species to be listed under CITES on the first attempt” Ania Bu...
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Five commercially valuable shark species, manta rays & freshwater sawfish listed We’re grateful to proponent governments for recognizing the value of thriving shark and ray populations, and for championing sound proposals” Ania Budziak, Project AWARE Associate Director, Science & Poli...
Shark Petition: Extinction is NOT an option . I’m urging CITES leaders to vote YES for sharks and rays at the next Conference of the Parties to CITES in March 2013. Click here to sign the petition. [NOTE: You need to be 18 years or older to sign this petition] You’re joining more than...
Proposals to list close relatives of sharks also advance on historic day at COP The Committee’s overwhelming support for listing mantas under CITES demonstrates widespread recognition of the urgent need to curb the international trade in manta gill rakers and thereby protect the curre...
Last Thursday, 7th March at a reception dedicated to sharks at the Retro Café, Bangkok, Project AWARE welcomed CITES country delegations and turned over more than 130,000 shark petition signatures from scuba divers and shark supporters in more than 228 countries, territories and areas...
Scuba divers demand international trade protections for world’s most vulnerable sharks and rays In a matter of days, officials from countries around the world will have a historic opportunity to protect a record number of sharks and rays – including oceanic whitetip sharks, hammerhead...
Now it´s about time we continue our struggle raising awareness for the sharks! So far nobody broke our record, so we decided to break it! On January 14th 2013 we will be back in the sharktank at Tropicarium Kolmården playing U/W yahtzee once again with our lovely sharks. This time we ...
