Cites summit votes for strictly controlled permits to export fins of oceanic whitetip, porbeagle and three species of hammerhead The fins of the scalloped hammerhead are among the most valuable of all and it is estimated that 2 million a year are killed. Photograph: Chris Newbert/Corbis The millions of sharks killed every year to feed the vast appetite for shark-fin soup in Asia now have greater protection, after the 178 nations at the world's biggest wildlife summit voted to crack down on the trade. Those fishing for oceanic whitetip, porbeagle and three species of hammerhead shark will now require strictly controlled permits to export the fins. The move is a landmark moment for the...
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