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Pew Environment Group has released a guide to the fins of the oceanic whitetip, porbeagle, scalloped, smooth and great hammerhead sharks. The aim of the guide is to assist enforcement and customs personnel in the provisional identification of dorsal fins, allowing for these fins to be held pending an expert or genetic test. All five shark species are in need of protection and are proposed for CITES protection at the organization’s next meeting due to be held in Bangkok, Thailand in March this year.