Articles Tagged with “manta ray”

2 Articles found tagged with “manta ray”.

  • The 16th CITES CoP

    From the 3rd to the 14th of March, the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP) that form CITES was held in Bangkok, Thailand. Below is a summary of some of the major decisions that were made by governments representing 178 countries.

    By Alex Taylor on 20th March 2013
  • Gentle Giant Gains New Protection

    The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) upgraded the Manta Ray’s 2006 classification from “near threatened/regionally vulnerable” to “vulnerable.” This was in response to growing demand for their gill rakers

    By Alex Taylor on 21st December 2011