Historic Advances in International Shark and Ray Conservation

09. November 2014

QUITO, Ecuador - Conservationists are rejoicing at the listing of 21 species of sharks and rays under the Appendices of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), made official today in the final plenary session of the Conference of Parties (CoP). With these listings, member countries agreed to grant strict protection to the reef manta, the nine devil rays, and the five sawfishes, and committed to work internationally to conserve all three species of thresher sharks, two types of hammerheads, and the silky shark.

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Besserer Schutz für Haie

12. September 2014

Ab dem 14. September 2014 stehen fünf besonders bedrohte Haiarten und die Gattung der Mantarochen unter dem Schutz des internationalen Artenschutzabkommens CITES. Erzeugnisse aus diesen Arten dürfen dann nur noch gehandelt werden, wenn sie aus nachhaltig bewirtschafteten Populationen stammen.

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EEA-Konferenz 2014 in den Niederlanden

22. April 2014

EEA 2014  18 years on - Prepared for the Future

The Dutch Elasmobranch Society is proud to host the 2014 Annual Scientific Conference of the European Elasmobranch Association (EEA).
The conference will be held in the city of Leeuwarden (the Netherlands) from the 7th to the 9th of November 2014.

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