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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9255

1 September 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/fisheries
Move to amend rules on removal of sharks' fins

Brussels, 31/08/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's fisheries committee is calling for changes to the 2003 rules on fishing for shark which, in general terms, do not allow fins removed from the body of the animal to be kept on board, transferred or landed. Current rules permit shark fins to be marketed, provided that: - the vessel obtains a fishing licence and makes use of the entire catch (bodies and fins); the weight of the fins does not exceed 5% of the weight of the carcase...

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