"The members of the [California] state Fish and Wildlife - TopicsExpress



          

"The members of the [California] state Fish and Wildlife Commission voted unanimously in February to advance the candidacy of the giant sharks to the California Endangered Species list, immediately enacting protections for the species during a yearlong review. The sharks, which can grow to 20 feet long, are already protected by international treaties, but the candidacy status meant state protections were enacted immediately. The biggest impact was to set gillnet fisheries in Southern California, which sometimes snag juvenile white sharks while bottom fishing for halibut. While targeting white sharks is prohibited, there are no current limits on incidental catches." Read more: times-standard/news/ci_23624144/noaa-white-shark-not-danger-extinction-conservationists-still
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:23:13 +0000

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