CITES Bats 1.000 - Zero New Protections For Any Marine Species, Sole Exception Withdrawn - AFP

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The UN body overseeing wildlife commerce withdrew protection Thursday for the porbeagle shark, reversing the only decision made at the 13-day meeting to protect a high-value marine species. At the final session of talks in the Qatari capital Doha, the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) denied Appendix II status to the cold-water porbeagle, fished mainly for its meat.

The vote hands a total victory to Japan, China and fisheries allies who opposed all of seven proposals related to commercial marine species, including Atlantic bluefin tuna.

Appendix II requires countries to monitor and report all exports, and to demonstrate that fishing is carried out in a sustainable manner. Lobbied aggressively by Japan, the 175-nation CITES last week massively rejected a so-called Appendix I ban on cross-border commerce in Atlantic bluefin tuna, a sushi mainstay. Industrial-scale harvesting has caused bluefin stocks to plummet by up to 80 percent in the Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic, the two regions that would have been affected by the ban.

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Many campaigners questioned CITES ability to carry out its mandate. "It appears that money can buy you anything -- just ask Japan," said David Allison of Oceana, a marine conservation group based in the United States. "The very foundation of CITES is threatened with collapse." Lieberman said: "CITES has always been a treaty that restricts trade for conservation. Now it restricts conservation for he sake of trade."

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http://www.terradaily.com/afp/100325135741.03t077km.html

[Nihil]

1. They are scum

> The vote hands a total victory to Japan, China and fisheries allies
> who opposed all of seven proposals related to commercial marine species,
> including Atlantic bluefin tuna.

To call them locusts would be an insult to a fascinating creature.
Those "people" are just the scum of the earth with zero saving grace.


> "It appears that money can buy you anything -- just ask Japan,"

:puke:


> "CITES has always been a treaty that restricts trade for conservation.
> Now it restricts conservation for the sake of trade."

I am just too angry to type anything that will not be alerted upon.

:mad: