Guest guest Posted December 13, 2007 Report Share Posted December 13, 2007 At 01:42 PM 12/13/07, you wrote: >Seychelles Promises to Protect its Sharks >Posted by: " Mark Graffis " mgraffis mgraffis >Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:22 am (PST) >http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/45971/story.htm > >Seychelles Promises to Protect its Sharks > >------------------------- > >PORT LOUIS - The Seychelles will protect its rapidly declining shark >population, the government said on Wednesday, after a Taiwanese fishing >boat was caught in its waters with an illegal load of fins. > >Booming demand for shark fin soup in Asia, especially China, is driving >the shark fishing industry and increasing the risk of extinction for some >shark species, marine scientists warn. > >Conducting searches around the 115-island Indian Ocean archipelago last >week, a French navy ship found 650 kg of shark fins aboard a Taiwanese >fishing vessel. The fishermen's paperwork said only 15 kg were caught in >Seychellois waters. > > " We could only get them for the 15 kg, not for the rest, but this shows >you the volume of sharks caught, " Didier Dogley, permanent secretary at >the Seychelles' Environment Ministry, told Reuters by telephone. > > " We are going to crack down on illegal shark finning ... We have already >started with the patrolling. " > >The 650 kg of dried shark fin that was discovered would have come from >about 13 tonnes of sharks, he added. Some shark fishermen cut off the fins >before throwing the shark back into the water -- where they drown because >they cannot swim. > >Dogley was speaking as scores of delegates from around the world held the >second of three days of talks in the Seychelles to discuss how to best >protect shark populations. > >The whale shark -- the largest fish species, growing up to 20 metres long >-- visits the Seychelles between August and November. > > " These sharks are very important for countries like us, " Dogley said, >referring to Seychelles' eco-tourism industry. > > " If you're lucky, you can see about a dozen. " (Additional reporting by >George Thande in Victoria; Editing by Daniel Wallis) > >Story by Ed Harris > >Story 13/12/2007 ****** Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentucky http://www.thehavens.com/ thehavens 606-376-3363 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.859 / Virus Database: 585 - Release 2/14/05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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