This Thursday, November 17, Panama made history before Committee 1 of the CITES COP19 after proposing the inclusion of 19 endangered and critically endangered species of carcharinid sharks in Appendix II.
According to the Ministry of the Environment, this proposal also includes the other members of the Carcharhinidae family as similar due to the similarity of regularly traded products (mainly fins and meat).
Panama is joined in the proposal by: Bangladesh, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Gabon, Israel, Maldives, Panama, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Dominican Republic, Senegal, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Union European.
