Yesterday history was made protecting sharks at the the 19th Coalition of the Parties at Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Panama where 184 governments and conservationist Parties convened to consider applying major trade protections for plants and animals in the wildlife trade.
Read MoreBipartisan Bill to End Lethal Driftnet Fishery in the United States
The California driftnet fishery is responsible for the annual killing of thousands of innocent seabirds, marine mammals and sharks in California waters and is the only fishery where these harmful nets are still used in the United States.
Read MoreEnd California’s Driftnet Fishery
Bill passed by Congress in 2020 and Vetoed by Trump is reintroduced U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) have reintroduced the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act in […]
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