DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE AND INTERIOR SUPPORT UNITED KINGDOM'S MOVE TO PROTECT BASKING SHARKS

From: Regulatory Intelligence Data | Date: October 2, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

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As international leaders in the effort to conserve and protect dwindling shark populations, the Departments of Commerce and Interior today jointly announced support for the United Kingdom's recent action to protect basking sharks by monitoring trade of this vulnerable fish.

Through the authority provided by the Appendix III listing of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, commonly known as CITES, the United Kingdom announced that it will be implementing a certification system to ensure basking sharks are legally imported ...

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