Nineteen members of the United States House and Senate have written to urge Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to oppose the listing of spiny dogfish under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
The signers of the letter are:
Senator Olympia Snowe,
Senator John Kerry,
Senator Susan Collins,
Senator Jeanne Shaheen,
Senator Richard Burr,
Senator Kay Hagan,
Senator Paul Kirk,
Senator Judd Gregg,
Senator Mark Warner,
Congressman Walter B. Jones,
Congressman Barney Frank,
Congressman Bill Delahunt,
Congressman Robert Wittman,
Congressman Frank Pallone,
Congressman Frank LoBiondo,
Congressman Timothy Bishop,
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree,
Congressman Mike McIntyre,
Congressman John Adler,
Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter,
Read the letter to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.