Reluctance to give protection to a commercial fish led CITES delegates to
turn down calls from the US, Britain and Australia to set up controls on trade
in the great white, basking and whale sharks. 鈥淭hese three shark species are
more like large mammals than fish,鈥 says British delegate Vin Fleming. 鈥淭hey are
slow-growing and give birth to live young after long gestation. That makes them
as vulnerable as elephants and tigers.鈥
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