From fishdefender.org: Public records reveal thousands of sharks and rays are being legally taken from the wild into captivity under the Florida Wildlife Commission (FWC) ‘Special Activity License’, including many with protections under Florida law, the ESA, or CITES. >2/3 of sharks and rays permitted for capture in the past decade were redlisted, including critically endangered species like hammerheads, oceanic whitetips, and bentfin devil rays. The top-targeted species was the cownose ray, a s