ernment is encouraging residents to enter into the lucrative trade, the fisheries minister said Monday. Live dolphin exports can resume as soon as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, approves the move, Fisheries Minister Nollen Leni said. The Solomons suspended live dolphin exports in 2003. Leni said that under CITES, bottlenose dolphins can be exported so long as they are looked after properly during the shipping process, that harvesting of the marine mammal is "reasonable," and that the shipment doesn't contravene local laws.
Terms of use