Sunday, November 20, 2011

Oceana: Atlantic sharks threatened by overfishing

By "Associated Press"
The November 15, 2011

Delegates at a ICCAT meeting


Abstract
Presents some elements of a meeting report, between Oceana and the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). It has been asked to ICCAT to control their catches and to throw back vulnerable sharks if their are caught in nets.

Extract
" Oceana called on the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), which is meeting in Istanbul, to require that endangered or particularly vulnerable shark species, including porbeagle and silky sharks, are thrown back if they are caught in nets. "

Index terms : Sharks / overfishing / ICCAT / Oceana / Istambul / tunas


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