Brussels, 13/04/2021 (Agence Europe) – A study by the Associação Natureza Portugal (ANP ) and WWF, published on 8 April, reveals that 62 of the 110 shark and ray species found in Portuguese waters are under threat from overfishing and bycatch. Portugal is the third country in the EU in terms of shark and ray catches, after Spain and France. The study makes various recommendations, such as: - the development and implementation of a National Action Plan for sharks and rays in Portugal; - the protection and recovery of stocks of threatened target and non-target species from fishing; - the adoption of measures to minimise bycatch and discards (and good practices on board that improve the survival of individuals released at sea). Link to the study: https://bit.ly/3t9TJEi (LC)