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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9888
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fisheries

Council agrees measures must be taken for more regulation of shark fishing

Brussels, 23/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 23 April, in Luxembourg, European fisheries ministers adopted conclusions in which they welcome the action plan presented on 5 February this year (by the European Commission) for the conservation and management of sharks. The Council states it is aware of the fact that the biological characteristics of theses aquatic resources, namely their low reproductive potential and low capacity for population increase and recovery, make most of them...

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