"The resolution requests that all Pacific Island jurisdictions end the unsustainable commercial fishing of sharks by establishing a Pacific Islands regional shark sanctuary. The sanctuary would extend from Palau to Hawaii in the north and New Caledonia to French Polynesia in the south, encompassing nearly one-quarter of the Earth’s surface. The area would serve as a haven for multiple species of threatened or endangered sharks such as hammerhead and oceanic whitetip. The leaders approved the resolution during the general assembly of the Association of Pacific Island Legislatures, or APIL, in Honolulu on June 27, 2013." Read more: pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/pacific-leaders-call-for-oceanwide-shark-protections-85899489846?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Ocean&utm_campaign=shrk
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 03:50:54 +0000
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