shark fishing passed Restrictions: Delegates at a Paris conservation summit agreed to ban the fishing and sale of seven varieties of shark but rejected proposed restrictions on bluefin tuna.
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas agreed Saturday to ban the fishing of oceanic whitetip sharks and six types of hammerheads: great, scalloped, scoophead, smalleye, smooth and whitefin, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
The fins from these shark species are in great demand to make shark's-fin soup, an Asian delicacy.
The representatives rejected proposals to significantly cut back on the catch of eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna off Europe or prohibit fishing its spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico and Mediterranean.
Conservationists warn the species is threatened with becoming commercially extinct because it is so highly valued in Japan and other nations for its meat.
Michael Hirshfield, chief scientist for advocacy group Oceana, said the two-week Paris meeting resulted in some environmental advancements, "but it's three years late and three dollars short."
"Considering the status of the species that they're supposed to be conserving, they're still nowhere," Hirshfield told The Washington Post.
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