Topics: Protect Marine Life
Projects: Global Shark Conservation

CITES Implementation Around the World

Article September 18, 2014

Porbeagle shark
porbeagle shark, Lamna nasus (c,dm), with copepod parasites attached to tail; note double keel on tail which distinguishes this species from the closely-related salmon shark; Nova Scotia, Canada ( North Atlantic Ocean )
Doug Perrine/SeaPics.com Doug Perrine/SeaPics.com
Whitetip shark
Jim Abernethy Jim Abernethy
Scalloped hammerhead sharks
Scalloped hammerhead shark.
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Manta ray
manta ray feeding in Kona, Hawaii. 159195037
Todd Aki Todd Aki
Presentation
The CITES implementation workshop for agriculture and customs officials took place in Hong Kong on May 22, 23, and 26, 2014
Stan Shea Stan Shea
Shark fin identification training
The CITES implementation workshop for agriculture and customs officials took place in Hong Kong on May 22, 23, and 26, 2014
Stan Shea Stan Shea
B.K.U.A. Wickramasinghe
The South Asian follow-up regional workshop on implementation of CITES Appendix II shark listings was held July 30 and 31 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Stan Shea Stan Shea
Workshop
The South Asian follow-up regional workshop on implementation of CITES Appendix II shark listings was held July 30 and 31 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Stan Shea Stan Shea
Demian Chapman
The CITES implementation workshop for agriculture and customs officials took place in Hong Kong on May 22, 23, and 26, 2014
Stan Shea Stan Shea
Government representatives
An Oceania follow-up regional implementation workshop was hosted by the Fijian government in Nadi on Feb. 11 and 12 2014.
Stan Shea Stan Shea
Government representatives
The CITES implementation workshop took place in Lima, Peru, on July 11, 2014
Max Bello Max Bello
Porbeagle shark
Whitetip shark
Scalloped hammerhead sharks
Manta ray
Presentation
Shark fin identification training
B.K.U.A. Wickramasinghe
Workshop
Demian Chapman
Government representatives
Government representatives
Porbeagle shark
porbeagle shark, Lamna nasus (c,dm), with copepod parasites attached to tail; note double keel on tail which distinguishes this species from the closely-related salmon shark; Nova Scotia, Canada ( North Atlantic Ocean )
Doug Perrine/SeaPics.com Doug Perrine/SeaPics.com
Whitetip shark
Jim Abernethy Jim Abernethy
Scalloped hammerhead sharks
Scalloped hammerhead shark.
C & M Fallows/OceanwideImages.com C & M Fallows/OceanwideImages.com
Manta ray
manta ray feeding in Kona, Hawaii. 159195037
Todd Aki Todd Aki
Presentation
The CITES implementation workshop for agriculture and customs officials took place in Hong Kong on May 22, 23, and 26, 2014
Stan Shea Stan Shea
Shark fin identification training
The CITES implementation workshop for agriculture and customs officials took place in Hong Kong on May 22, 23, and 26, 2014
Stan Shea Stan Shea
B.K.U.A. Wickramasinghe
The South Asian follow-up regional workshop on implementation of CITES Appendix II shark listings was held July 30 and 31 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Stan Shea Stan Shea
Workshop
The South Asian follow-up regional workshop on implementation of CITES Appendix II shark listings was held July 30 and 31 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Stan Shea Stan Shea
Demian Chapman
The CITES implementation workshop for agriculture and customs officials took place in Hong Kong on May 22, 23, and 26, 2014
Stan Shea Stan Shea
Government representatives
An Oceania follow-up regional implementation workshop was hosted by the Fijian government in Nadi on Feb. 11 and 12 2014.
Stan Shea Stan Shea
Government representatives
The CITES implementation workshop took place in Lima, Peru, on July 11, 2014
Max Bello Max Bello
Porbeagle shark
Whitetip shark
Scalloped hammerhead sharks
Manta ray
Presentation
Shark fin identification training
B.K.U.A. Wickramasinghe
Workshop
Demian Chapman
Government representatives
Government representatives

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