Help Silky Sharks Devastated by Shark Fin Trade

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Once abundant, silky shark populations have fallen by more than 70 percent throughout the world’s oceans. Let’s keep more silky sharks in the sea instead of shark fin soup bowls through a CITES Appendix II listing to help dwindling populations recover.

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Once considered one of the most abundant sharks in the ocean.
They are currently suffering declines of 70-90% wherever they are found.
The international shark fin trade is the principal driver behind their overexploitation.
There is inadequate control over the number that can be caught, sold or traded every year.
A CITES Appendix II listing would limit the trade to sustainable levels.
This September, 182 Parties will decide whether or not to give this species the protections it so desperately needs.
Parties should vote to list silky sharks on CITES Appendix II at COP17.



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