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Despite restrictions on taking the species from European waters, the spiny dogfish is still imported into the UK and other EU countries. Most of the meat in Britain ends up in fish and chips without consumers knowing what they are eating.
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Environment Protection Minister Peter Garrett said Australia would support measures to improve the conservation and recovery of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna and other species at the upcoming Convention of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
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Sharks that dwell in the Maldives can breathe a sigh of relief: the island nation has declared 90,000 square kilometers of the Indian Ocean a safe-haven for sharks, banning shark fishing as well as any trade in shark fins.
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Marathon negotiations on protecting the planet’s endangered species open on Saturday in Qatar with tensions bubbling over efforts to ban trade in bluefin tuna and to reopen exports of elephant ivory from Africa.
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The 175 countries that have signed on to an environmental treaty will be asked this month to ban the continuing slaughter of certain shark species - but economic opposition is not likely to be overcome.
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Whether to protect eight shark species that are vulnerable to international trade will be a question to be debated at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), scheduled in Doha from March 13 to 25.
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The future of the bluefin tuna could be decided within days, along with two other endangered fish, the spiny dogfish and porbeagle, according to a national conservation charity.
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DOHA: At least 175 countries will discuss over 40 proposals at the triennial world conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES Cop15) meeting set to start here on Sunday.
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Sharks, many of which migrate across international boundaries, are among the world's oldest species of animals. Their biological and ecological characteristics make them particularly vulnerable to overexploitation.
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PARIS - The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts to protect the fish at a United Nations endangered species conference that begins this week.
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