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Oceana calls for regulation of shark catches in international waters
Around 52% of pelagic shark species, such as hammerheads and threshers, caught in high-seas fisheries are threatened with extinction.
Date: 03-07-2009
Federal Agencies Protect More Gulf of Maine Atlantic Salmon to Recover Imperiled Stocks
NOAA’s Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service extended Endangered Species Act protection to more Atlantic salmon by adding fish in the Penobscot, Kennebec, and Androscoggin rivers and their tributaries to the endangered Gulf of Maine population first listed in 2000.
Date: 02-07-2009
Fisheries: EU hosts meeting on future of global tuna fisheries
The meeting, which follows on from the first such event held in Kobe, Japan, in 2007, will run until 3 July.
Date: 01-07-2009
Margarita Lizárraga Medal
In 1997 the FAO Conference instituted the Margarita Lizárraga Medal to be awarded every two years to a person or organization that has served with distinction in the application of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.
Date: 01-07-2009 |
