The Blue Shark Prionace glauca is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ but not listed in the CITES appendices.

Shark fin soup can be expensive ... "You can see they all look almost identical and yet they're makos and threshers and blue sharks; there [are] all kinds of species there, but identifying ...

the parties agreed to regulate trade in more than 50 species of requiem sharks threatened by the demand for shark fin soup, including blue, tiger, and bull sharks, as well as several species of ...

A landmark decision to regulate the trade in sharks for shark fin soup is bound to have ramifications for Japan, a key exporting nation. Blue sharks were among 54 species of requiem sharks that ...

Talking Points: should the shark fin industry be banned in Hong Kong ... which means they could be a risk of extinction. While the blue shark, a fairly populous species, was still the most ...

Hong Kong’s controversial shark fin trade may face its biggest shake-up in years if conservationists get their way in securing tighter regulations at an international wildlife conference in Panama.