🦈 Nearly 100 species of shark are expected to be awarded increased protection in what would be a “game changer” in shark conservation
Listing them on CITES would mean that a country seeking to trade products will need to meet more stringent thresholds: it will have to issue a permit to exporters and produce a document certifying that scientists have shown the trade does not damage wild populations, the BBC reports.
While the proposals, voted on by nearly 200 countries, have been supported at the committee stage, the final decision will be made next week on the concluding day of CoP19.: “This will be a landmark moment and herald a new era for shark conservation. It’s a game changer.” He added that the proposals “will forever change how the world’s ocean predators are managed and protected.”
Shark populations have plummeted worldwide driven largely by the unregulated trade in shark fins and meat.Also in trouble are coastal species, with “20 per cent of reefs surveyed globally had shark populations that were functionally extinct,” according toCountries have been meeting over two weeks at the CoP19 event which runs until 25 November to debate new proposals to protect a raft of species including sharks, turtles and songbirds.
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