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Brazil Grants Full Protection to Hammerhead Sharks Amid Illegal Trade

6/10/2026

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Brazil voted to place scalloped hammerhead sharks in Appendix I of the Convention on Migratory Species, granting protection.
In March 2026 the team found illegal longlines on Darwin’s Arch, where two green turtles became tangled.
Pelayo Salinas de León attached $2,000 satellite tags with a rebreather, tracking eight of ten pregnant sharks on 800-mile migrations to Panama.
Despite Panama’s ban on international shark trade, artisanal fishers still sell baby hammerheads as ceviche.

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Brazil voted to place scalloped hammerhead sharks in Appendix I of the Convention on Migratory Species, granting protection.
In March 2026 the team found illegal longlines on Darwin’s Arch, where two green turtles became tangled.
Pelayo Salinas de León attached $2,000 satellite tags with a rebreather, tracking eight of ten pregnant sharks on 800-mile migrations to Panama.
Despite Panama’s ban on international shark trade, artisanal fishers still sell baby hammerheads as ceviche.