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Sharks and rays get a major win with new international trade limits for 70+ species

  • Written by Gareth J. Fraser, Associate Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, University of Florida
imageWatching a whale shark swim at the Georgia Aquarium.Zac Wolf/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

The world’s oceans are home to an exquisite variety of sharks and rays, from the largest fishes in the sea – the majestic whale shark and manta rays – to the luminescent but rarely seen deep-water lantern shark and guitarfishes.

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