All Entries Tagged With: "CITES"
U.S. to Support Restrictions on Bluefin Tuna and Other Imperiled Species at CITES Conference
According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Tom Strickland said the United States will support trade restrictions on bluefin tuna, polar bears, and imperiled corals and sharks among other proposals at the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of [...]
March 15, 2010 | Emily | Comments 0
DNA Helps Scientists Trace Shark Fins
Groundbreaking new DNA research has, for the first time, traced scalloped hammerhead shark fins from the burgeoning Hong Kong market all the way back to the sharks’ geographic origin. In some cases the fins were found to come from endangered populations thousands of miles away, which points the way to a better protection of these sharks from the international trade.
December 31, 2009 | Celia | Comments 0
