Editor's note: This Shark believes all sharks except the two legged sharks in polyester suits in Probate Courts should be protected. Lucius Verenus, Schoolmaster, ProbateSharks.com
Conservation body agrees to protect silky sharks
By SUZAN FRASER
Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Delegates at an international conservation meeting agreed Saturday on a measure mandating that silky sharks accidentally caught in fishing gear be released back into the sea alive, marine advocacy groups said.
The 48-member International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), however - ending a weeklong meeting in Istanbul - failed to reach consensus on other threatened shark species, the groups said.
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
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