Dive business owners and scuba professionals join campaign to restrict international

(DiverWire) Scuba diving industry stakeholders from around the world have joined forces to demand urgent international measures to stall the continued global decline of shark and ray populations. A presentation on the group's demands will be presented prior to the 16th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on the International Trade in Endagered Species, which will consider restricting trade in several of the most endangered species of these animals.Titled “Sharks and Rays: Our Peoples Want Them Alive!”, the document, which is being sent to government authorities in more than 100 countries and will be distributed at CITES and other international environmental and fisheries treaties, makes the case for the vital import...
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