date:Jul 13, 2012
rmalise their protection, to which the remaining countries within the convention had agreed in February.
Finally, after repeated delays on the part of the European Commission, these vulnerable sharks and rays have been granted the legal protection that they urgently require, stated Ricardo Aguilar, Director of Research at Oceana Europe.
The next challenge is to identify exactly where these species still occur in the Mediterranean. In order to effectively protect them from fishing pressure and