The conference of the parties on the international trade in endangered species decided this Friday to extend the protection status to 50 species of sharks in danger of extinction due to the trade in their fins, coveted in Asia to make soups.
The decision was made by consensus, in a plenary session, in Panama, where the 19th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora took place.
The proposal to regulate the fishing and commercialization of the 50 species of requiem and hammerhead sharks was the most discussed at the conference.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora was signed in the United States in 1973 and ratified by Portugal in 1980.
The multilateral agreement aims to protect “certain species of wild fauna and flora against overexploitation due to international trade.”
Source: TSF
