Global: CITES passed a bill to ban international trade in almost all shark species

Photo taken January 2, 2013, sun-drying shark fins on the roof of a building in Hong Kong. Reuters Yonhap News In the future, most of the international trade in sharks, the main ingredient in shark fin dishes, will be strictly controlled. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) recently passed a vote by member states to ban or restrict international trade in almost all shark species used as the main ingredient in shark fin soup, the Washington Post reported on the 19th (local time). . As a result of the vote, 88 signatories to the convention supported the expansion of shark protection, 29 opposed and 17 abstained. Sue Lieberman, vice president for international policy at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), said: "This decision has increased the number of shark species that are protected from 20 to 25 percent to 90 to 95 percent." It is also a monumental decision in terms of the scale of limited international trade.” ...