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United States and European Union Lead Way in Global Shark Conservation

The United States submitted proposals to list six threatened shark species - oceanic whitetip, dusky, sandbar and great, scalloped and smooth hammerheads - under Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

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2009 Nesting Data for SE States Shows Dire Status of Loggerhead Sea Turtles

Oceana announced that 2009 was one of the worst years on record for loggerhead sea turtle nesting from North Carolina to Florida. In Florida for example, loggerhead nesting decreased by more than 15 percent in 2009.

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