Brussels, 09/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 9 October, the International Organisation for the Protection of the Oceans - Oceana - called for the adoption of radical measures to reduce the number of shark by-catches and put a stop to the discarding of these fish into the sea.
In a report published the same day, Oceana explained that due to these by-catches and discards, current catches of blue sharks in the Atlantic can be up to five times higher than the reported catches. In 2004...