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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Two of the most valuable shark species won't get protections

The world's oversight body on wildlife trade refused Friday to defend two shark species -- porbeagle and spiny dogfish, both worth millions of dollars each year in annual trade -- from over-exploitation for a range of food, from supermarket fish-and-chips to gourmet shark fin soup.



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