News to implement sharks protection by CITES

List of species of sharks and rays protection. Photo by CITES.

Several species of sharks and rays have been threatened by fisheries and the strong market of shark fins around the world. But now great news happened last month to protect the sharks and rays! The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) focused on start stronger protection on more five species of sharks and two species of manta rays. This international convention is strong and with several stakeholders and policy makers they will began a direct control on fisheries landings and also the marketing of shark fins. Recently people of many signatory countries are being trained to identify the five species of sharks through their shark fins and now control and punished the countries and people who had fished these species.
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Implementing New Shark Protections Worldwide

14 SEPTEMBER 2014ENTRY INTO EFFECT OF NEW CITES LISTING OF SHARKS AND MANTA RAYS 

The Giant Clams: a scientific new inspiring new technologies

Giant Clam (Tridcna crocea) in Great Barrier (Australia) - Photo by Simone Marques

Do you already ask how this amazing marine species of mollusk produce this beautiful color in their tissue? Recently researchers of University of Santa Barbara (CA) discovery how visiting some special places of Pacific Ocean and testing in some species of Giant Clams with different colors in their tissues. First this wonderful color was provide by algae that use their interior clam as a house and also make this awesome color by a symbiosis with the clan by the photosynthesis. This symbiosis results on energy back to the clams. But the great challenge for this research was discovery how these algae inside of the clams capture the sun light for this symbiosis. They describe that this species presenting iridescent cells with ability to keep solar energy hiding in their shells and also with spectacular capacity to illuminate millions of cells of symbiotic algae that live inside. This discovery impressed the science to think about and inspiring in new technologies for solar energies for humankind.

This amazing research was published in the paper bellow! Click, enjoy and share with your friends!


Shiny Giant Clams May Inspire New Solar Tech