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Commission releases bold proposals to end all fishing for spiny dogfish, porbeagle and angel sharks, expand protections for rays.
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The release of the first ever IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ assessment of Northeast Atlantic sharks and closely related rays and chimaeras reveals that 26% are Threatened with extinction, and another 20% are in the Near Threatened category.
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Yesterday, the European Council of Fisheries Ministers announced their decisions on 2009 and 2010 catch limits for deep sea fishes, including a number of deep sea shark species sought for their meat and rich liver oil.
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A group of shark experts today recommended a ban on catching eight species of Atlantic, open ocean (pelagic) sharks, and strictly limiting the catch of another two, to prevent possible population crashes. Currently, there are no international limits on shark catch.
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Yesterday's close of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress brings new hope for conserving sharks in European waters and beyond.
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The Shark Alliance, a coalition of more than 55 conservation, scientific and recreational organizations dedicated to conserving sharks, announces the start of the second annual European Shark Week, which runs through 19 October.
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The Shark Alliance is highlighting today's release of long-awaited shark conservation recommendations from scientists advising the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
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The European Commission announced its highly anticipated proposals for 2009 and 2010 catch limits for deep sea fishes, including a number of deepwater shark species sought for their meat and rich, liver oil.
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The Shark Alliance is expressing dismay at the failure of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) to adopt concrete measures for the conservation of the region's threatened thorny skates and porbeagle sharks at their annual meeting this week.
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The Shark Alliance is congratulating the United States House of Representatives for yesterday's passage of the “Shark Conservation Act of 2008”, a bill aimed at combating shark “finning” (cutting off a shark's fins and discarding the body at sea).
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