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Whale sharks are among those protected. Photo: Christian Jensen via flickr.

The United Nations Environment Programme has announced a “landmark agreement” to protect seven of the world’s migratory shark species. Under the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals the hunting, fishing, or deliberate killing of the great white, basking, whale, porbeagle, shortfin and longfin mako sharks, and the spiny dogfish is prohibited…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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