Photo of the Day ~ Major CITES Protections Granted for Sharks and Mantas

March 11, 2013

CITES, the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora has approved the protection of oceanic whitetip sharks, porbeagle sharks and hammerheads this morning. A banner day for the blue!

Photo: (c) Daniel Botelho

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