Whitetip and Hammerhead Protection Measure Fails

[inventor]

This is an article about a UN measure to protect Oceanic Whitetips and hammerheads being stopped by the usual suspects....

Protection for 2 shark species fails at UN meeting - Yahoo! News

 

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Seven sharks species failed to be protected at CITES (Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species) meeting in Doha. These include scalloped hammerhead, smooth hammerhead, great hammerhead, dusky, sandbar, spiny dogfish, and oceanic white tip sharks. The porbeagle shark was the only one to receive protection. Last week, CITES failed to protect the bluefin tuna.