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Overfishing to Shark Fins: Blue Sharks Get the Blues

An estimated 20 million blue sharks are killed every year and enter the shark fin trade. Save this species form overfishing and the fin trade by protecting them under CITES Appendix II .

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Posted byDavid McGuireDecember 24, 2021December 24, 2022Tags: Blue Sharks, CMS, CoP18, finning, shark fin

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    • About
      • Mission and Vision
      • Our Team
      • Partners & Donors
      • Victories & Milestones
        • WE DID IT! Saving Endangered Sharks at CITES 2022
        • US Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act Passes
        • Law to End Lethal California Driftnet Fishery Passes
      • Shark Stewards DEI Statement
      • Statement Against Asian and API Hate
    • Our Work
      • Saving Sharks
      • Marine Protection
      • California Marine Protected Area Network
      • Adventures
        • Sharktober: Farallon Islands Wildlife Adventure
        • Farallon Island Excursion Information
        • Saving Sharks in the Coral Triangle
      • Sustainable Ecotourism and Data Dives
      • Shark ID and MPAs Education Adventure
      • Observe and Record Sevengill Sharks
      • Manta and Shark ID
      • Media Production
    • Science & Education
      • Shark Watch California
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        • CITES Shark Science Sheets
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        • Citizen Science
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        • How to Avoid a White Shark Attack
        • Sharktober
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      • Stop the EU Shark Fin Trade 
      • URGENT ACTION TO PROTECT OCEANIC SHARKS
      • Stop Fukushima Radioactive Ocean Dump
      • Ocean Protection: 30% x 2030
      • Tell eBay: Stop Endangered Shark Trade
      • Stop Big Plastic From Polluting Oceans
      • Fed Ex Shark Fin Shipping
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