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Introduction
Big win for fins in Panama
In Panama, the fate of the shark fin trade is being decided during the 19th conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The world’s preeminent treaty for the management of international trade in plants and animals, the more than 180 parties to CITES will consider proposals for protecting nearly 600 additional species throughout the two-week conference. Two of the most high-profile proposals include protections for whole groups of sharks; so important are these considered proposals that a hammerhead shark is part of the meeting’s official logo. In a major win for shark populations worldwide, these two proposals achieved the minimum votes needed to pass.
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