Experts highlight the need to identify gaps in monitoring and enforcement

Marine experts in India have called for coordinated action and increased awareness to tackle the illegal shark fishing and trade, after an interactive workshop and panel discussion organised by ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) highlighted the importance of collaboration among various agencies to ensure the conservation of protected species in the wake of the country’s recent expansion of the list of sharks and rays protected under the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972.