Lawmakers advance momentous ban on controversial fishing and trading practice: 'This is a historical win'

Lawmakers advance momentous ban on controversial fishing and trading practice: 'This is a historical win'

Conservationists are hailing important new legal protections for dozens of threatened marine species after productive talks held in Central Asia.  According to Phys.org, more than 70 shark and ray species are now subject to enhanced international protections. During talks held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) supported greater restrictions on the …