Mobula Rays Need Protection Now

Channel:
United States Pew
Subscribers:
9,780
Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zSFsL9AS_U


Duration: 0:51
603 views
4

Stunning underwater footage shows large groups of mobula rays on the move. However, due to escalating demand for gill plates, mobula ray populations have declined up to 99 percent around the world. Let’s keep these rays swimming with a CITES Appendix II listing to help prevent their global extinction.

Learn more at http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/press-releases/2016/05/02/pew-commends-broad-global-support-for-proposed-shark-and-ray-protections

*TRANSCRIPT*

Mobula rays are found worldwide in tropical and temperate oceans.
Among the least fecund of all rays, they give birth to one pup every two years.

Escalating demand for mobula gill plates has led to population declines of up to 99%.

To protect and prevent their global extinction, countries must list them onto Appendix II of CITES.

This September, 182 Parties will vote on whether or not to give mobula rays the protections they so desperately need.

Parties should vote to list mobula rays on CITES Appendix II at COP17.



Other Videos By Pew


2016-07-07The Global Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance
2016-07-06The Global Middle Class is Growing Fast
2016-07-06African Faith is Going Global
2016-06-30Banks Can, and Often Do, Keep You From Joining Class-Action Lawsuits—What Can Be Done
2016-06-23Addressing Retirement Savings Inadequacy
2016-06-09Why Can’t We Find New Antibiotics?
2016-06-08Native Hawaiians Call for World's Largest Marine Reserve
2016-06-07The Pew Fund—Helping Philadelphians in Need for 25 Years
2016-06-07Innovative Solutions to State Challenges in Utah's Criminal Justice Reforms
2016-06-01Help Silky Sharks Devastated by Shark Fin Trade
2016-06-01Mobula Rays Need Protection Now
2016-06-01How to Save Vulnerable Thresher Sharks
2016-05-31For Indigenous Mother, Boreal Forest Conservation Is a Family Value
2016-05-31Birch Syrup Provides Sweet, Sustainable Business in the Boreal Forest
2016-05-31Wildlife Biologist Balances Boreal Forest Conservation and Development
2016-05-31First Nations Negotiator Honors Ancestors by Protecting Boreal Forest
2016-05-31In Boreal Forest, Indigenous Leader Bridges Environmental Divides
2016-05-31Indigenous Hunter Keeps Traditions Alive in Boreal Forest
2016-05-31Inside One Couple’s Quest to Protect Canada’s Boreal Forest
2016-05-19Gentrification in Philadelphia Neighborhoods—An Artist’s Perspective
2016-05-19Gentrification in Philadelphia Neighborhoods—How Institutions Try to Adapt


Tags:
CITES
conservation
mobula rays
marine life
underwater video
rays
endangered animals
wildlife