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Rome: The Shark Alliance is expressing regret over the death of a basking shark taken in the net of an Italian fishing vessel today.
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As fisheries managers and fishing industry representatives from all over the tour the annual Brussels Seafood Show, the Shark Alliance is calling on the European Commission to finally progress toward a commitment made more than a year ago to close loopholes in the EU regulation banning shark “finning” ; cutting off a shark's fins and discarding the body at sea.
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Doha, Qatar: Parties overturn Committee decision to list porbeagle sharks under CITES Appendices and confirm rejection of similar action for hammerhead, oceanic whitetip, and spiny dogfish sharks.
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Doha, Qatar: The Shark Alliance welcomes Committee approval of a proposal to list the porbeagle shark under the Convention for the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) made today during a day-long debate on sharks. The proposal to add the species to CITES Appendix II was offered by the European Union and co-sponsored by the Pacific island nation of Palau.
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Spain: The Shark Alliance is yet again expressing outrage over the continued illegal take of basking sharks in Spain. The shark was landed in Galicia on March 19th; only eighteen days after two of these gentle giants were landed in Northern Spain.
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Qatar: Whether to protect eight shark species; spiny dogfish, porbeagle, oceanic whitetip, scalloped hammerhead, great hammerhead, smooth hammerhead, dusky and sandbar sharks ; that are vulnerable to international trade will be a question debated at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
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Washington, DC - In a move lauded by the Pew Environment Group the Maldives today declared its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), 90,000 square kilometers of the Indian Ocean, as a shark sanctuary free from all shark fishing and also banned all imports and exports of shark fins.
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The Shark Alliance is applauding a historic ban on fishing for thresher sharks - oceanic species distinguished by their long, scythe-like tails ; adopted today by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) at their annual meeting in Korea.
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The Shark Alliance is expressing outrage over the continued illegal take of basking sharks in Spain. EU vessels have been prohibited from fishing, retaining or landing basking sharks, even if the catch is accidental, since 2006.
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On February 23 in Valencia, Spain, Shark Alliance EU Policy Director, Sonja Fordham, was the featured speaker for a special lecture series on sharks hosted by the world-famous City of Arts and Sciences and held at its breathtaking aquarium, the “Oceanográfico”.
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