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First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Porbeagle shark off Portland Bill

SOME-FIN caused a real stir around fisherman Clem Carter’s boat.This 250lb porbeagle shark helped itself to dinner while the crewmen of the Wild Frontier were trying to land their catch half a mile off Portland Bill.The thieving fish snatched the plaice ... [Published Dorset Echo - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Porbeagle, Species, Chris Brown

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Shark trade curbed to save species

International trade in three shark species will be restricted following the adoption of new global rules.The sale of smooth, great or scalloped hammerhead sharks will require government-issued permits under restrictions by the Convention on the International ... [Published Abu Dhabi National - May 19 2013]

Entities: Species, United Arab Emirates, UAE Ministry of Environment & Water

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 3 reports

Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

New Caledonia bans shark fishing (AFP)

NOUMEA, New Caledonia (AFP) - The government of the Pacific paradise of New Caledonia said Wednesday it had decided to ban fishing of sharks, which are being decimated to feed growing demand for luxury goods."New Caledonia took the decision to ban the ... [Published Yahoo!Xtra - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: New Caledonia, Species, Food & Agriculture Organization of the United N..., International Trade

First reported Mar 14 2013 - Updated Mar 15 2013 - 2 reports

Conservation International

Wanted: Alive, Not Dead - Say World Leaders in Historic Agreements...

CITES members take unsustainable threats to ecosystems, economies, and people seriously in a bold move to protect Earth's biodiversity, says Conservation International © Conservation International/photo by Sterling Zumbrunn The close of the 16th meeting ... [Published PRWeb - Mar 14 2013]

Entities: Species, Conservation International, International Trade

First reported Mar 14 2013 - Updated Mar 14 2013 - 2 reports

Saving sharks: Rays of hope

THE rise of China has brought incalculable benefits. But it is not without collateral damage. Every year around the world between 100m and 275m sharks are killed for their fins, to make a soup prized as a delicacy— which ever more people can now afford. ... [Published The Economist - Asia - Mar 14 2013]

Entities: Species, Manta Ray, Porbeagle, China

First reported Mar 11 2013 - Updated Mar 11 2013 - 2 reports

Four shark species win greater protection against finning trade

Cites summit votes for strictly controlled permits to export fins of oceanic whitetip, porbeagle and hammerheadThe millions of sharks killed every year to feed the vast appetite for shark-fin soup in Asia now have greater protection, after the 178 nations ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 11 2013]

Entities: Porbeagle, Species, Smooth hammerhead, Hammerhead Shark, Oceanic whitetip shark

First reported Mar 06 2013 - Updated Mar 06 2013 - 1 reports

The fight to save threatened sharks and rays

Forty years ago the international community decided to combat the critical issue of trading endangered species globally. In Washington the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) was born with the objective ... [Published WWF - Environmental News - Mar 06 2013]

Entities: Species, Hammerhead Shark, Porbeagle, Manta Ray, International Trade

First reported Mar 05 2013 - Updated Mar 05 2013 - 1 reports

Study Shows 100 Million Sharks Killed Annually

Hammerhead Shark. Photo Jim Abernathy According to scientific findings released recently in the peer-reviewed journal Marine Policy, the number of sharks killed each year in commercial fisheries is estimated at 100 million, with a range between ... [Published Ecology Global Network - Mar 05 2013]

Entities: Species, Elizabeth Wilson, International Trade

First reported Mar 01 2013 - Updated Mar 02 2013 - 2 reports

Sharks at risk of extinction from overfishing, say scientists

Almost 100 million sharks are killed each year and many species need better protection, according to researchersSharks risk being driven to extinction due to overfishing, with almost 100 million killed each year, scientists have warned.Many species of ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 02 2013]

Entities: Species, Porbeagle, Endangered Species, International Trade, Boris Worm

First reported Feb 28 2013 - Updated Mar 01 2013 - 1 reports

Latin America Turns to iPhone App to Take Hammerheads Off the Chopping Block

The 400-pound hammerhead shark, hunting through the waters of Latin America, first marked its territory 400 million years ago. Now, the process of “finning” — chucking their bodies seaward after sawing off their pricy fins — threatens to wipe them off ... [Published Global Voices Online - Feb 28 2013]

Entities: Endangered Species, iPhone, Species, Hammerhead Shark, Porbeagle

Quotes

"The implementation of trade protection measures for hammerhead sharks will be addressed, in close harmony with the stakeholders involved, including the fishermen, the Critical Infrastructure and Coastal Protection Authority, shark traders and retailers."

Shark trade curbed to save species [Published Abu Dhabi National - May 19 2013]

"Asian flotillas don't come to New Caledonia's EEZ but this will stop any attempt to do so. It's a really good decision, as it affects all species" said Thea Jacob of the WWF

New Caledonia bans shark fishing (AFP) [Published Yahoo!Xtra - Apr 24 2013]

"We applaud New Caledonia’s decision to create a shark sanctuary by banning"

Pew Congratulates New Caledonia for Creating a Shark Sanctuary [Published Asia PR News - Apr 23 2013]

...step towards reducing the rampant illegal international trade of these trees globally,’ said Li Zhang, CI scientist and CI team member at CITES. "Growing demand for luxury furniture has led to a major increase in deforestation and an explosion of violence around illegal trade in this precious wood." This new listing will require all trade in these species to be under permit from this day forward and this measure should assist in reducing the ease...

Wanted: Alive, Not Dead - Say World Leaders in Historic Agreements... [Published PRWeb - Mar 14 2013]

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Porbeagle shark off Portland Bill [Published Dorset Echo - 2 hours ago]
Shark trade curbed to save species [Published Abu Dhabi National - May 19 2013]
Guest Article #18: CITES at 40 Marks a Major De... [Published Biodiversity Policy & Practice - May 09 2013]
Save the UAE sharks [Published Time Out Dubai - Apr 24 2013]
New Caledonia bans shark fishing (AFP) [Published Yahoo!Xtra - Apr 24 2013]
New Caledonia bans shark fishing [Published MSN Philippines - Apr 24 2013]
Pew Congratulates New Caledonia for Creating a ... [Published Asia PR News - Apr 23 2013]
Wanted: Alive, Not Dead - Say World Leaders in... [Published PRWeb - Mar 14 2013]
The Humane Society of the United States and Hum... [Published PRWeb - Mar 14 2013]
Saving sharks: Rays of hope [Published The Economist - Asia - Mar 14 2013]
Governments start to rein in ivory and rhino ho... [Published WWF - Environmental News - Mar 14 2013]
Historic vote protects sharks and manta rays at... [Published WWF - Environmental News - Mar 14 2013]
Four shark species win greater protection again... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 11 2013]
WWF: Three species of sharks proposed for CITES... [Published WWF - Environmental News - Mar 11 2013]
Latin America Green News: HidroAysén decision d... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - Mar 08 2013]
The fight to save threatened sharks and rays [Published WWF - Environmental News - Mar 06 2013]
Study Shows 100 Million Sharks Killed Annually [Published Ecology Global Network - Mar 05 2013]
Sharks at risk of extinction from overfishing, ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 02 2013]
100 million sharks killed each year, say scient... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 01 2013]
Latin America Turns to iPhone App to Take Hamme... [Published Global Voices Online - Feb 28 2013]
Ivory trade ban up for vote at UN wildlife summit [Published Terra Daily - Oct 08 2012]
When a scene from Jaws was relived in Scottish ... [Published Herald Scotland - Sep 02 2012]
Fisherman attacked by shark [Published Telegraph - Sep 01 2012]

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Governments start to rein in ivory and rhino ho... [Published WWF - Environmental News - Mar 14 2013] Bangkok, Thailand - A critical wildlife trade meeting closed Thursday with decisions from world governments to regulate the international trade in several species of sharks and timber, and to start taking action against countries doing little or ...
Historic vote protects sharks and manta rays at... [Published WWF - Environmental News - Mar 14 2013] Dr. Carlos Drews, head of WWF's CITES delegation, issued the following statement in reaction to today's historic vote to regulate trade of several species of sharks and manta rays: "This is a historic moment, where science has prevailed over politics, ...
WWF: Three species of sharks proposed for CITES... [Published WWF - Environmental News - Mar 11 2013] Carlos Drews, head of WWF's delegation at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) issued the following statement today in response to decisions from world governments to offer better protection for three species of sharks: ...
Latin America Green News: HidroAysén decision d... [Published Switchboard, from NRDC - Mar 08 2013] Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Latin America Green News is a selection of weekly news highlights about environmental and energy issues in Latin America. March 1-8, 2013 Chile Endesa and Colbún, the companies behind the ...
The fight to save threatened sharks and rays [Published WWF - Environmental News - Mar 06 2013] Forty years ago the international community decided to combat the critical issue of trading endangered species globally. In Washington the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) was born with the objective ...