Shark-fishing gear banned across much of Pacific in conservation ‘win’

Mongabay
Dec 8, 2022, 4:37 pm187 pts
DA NANG, Vietnam — Industrial-scale fishers will no longer be able to use two types of shark-fishing gear in the western and central Pacific Ocean after the international body in charge of tuna fisheries there agreed to ban the devices. The measure, adopted last week at the annual meeting of the Western and…

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