“Earlier this year in Rome, scientists from around the world debated the need to control trade in the endangered shortfin mako shark. The meeting of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) was to determine if this species, along with a handful of others, should be given protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
The decision in the end was not a positive one for the shortfin mako, with the expert panel declaring insufficient evidence to list the species. But that does not change the threats many sharks face.”
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Fonte: Eco-Business, 30 de abril de 2019
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