U. S. Fish & Wildlife Services – I appreciate and fully support all of your efforts to co-sponsor proposals involving the protection of various species of wildlife under Appendix I and II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) that is coming up in September in Johannesburg, South Africa. I strongly urge you to list the Silky sharks under Appendix I and II and ensure that international trade is sustainable, legally acquired and traceable. It is crucial that this species is regulated and protected from possible brink of extinction.