Japan and China torpedoed proposals to protect hammerhead and oceanic whitetip sharks - heavily sought for their prized fins.
The defeat of the US-backed measures was part of a campaign to oppose all marine proposals at the 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
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