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By Rolynda Jonathan Threatened species of sharks and manta rays could be saved from total extinction after being placed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) international trade regulation. On March 14, 2013, 177 member countries voted to protect five species of sharks -- the Oceanic whitetip and porbeagle sharks, three species of hammerhead sharks, and two species of manta rays -- in an unprecedented move that increases the number of protected marine animals in the world's ocean.