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Fatal Shark Attack in Mexico
Altata, Navolato: Media reported today that 32-year-old lifeguard Cárdenas García was attacked by a shark at 11:40am off the Nuevo Altata beach after cutting rope that had entangled him in high waves.
EU Shark finning loopholes closed
Published on 22 Nov, 2012 at 10:39 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page | Viewed times | No Comments
MEPs removed exceptions to the EU ban on "shark finning" - i.e. cutting off fins and dumping carcasses at sea - in a vote on Thursday. These exceptions required fishermen to keep carcases on board, but they made the ban difficult to enforce, as by allowing boats to land fins and bodies at different ports, they made it hard...