Silky Shark Conservation Agreed Upon At ICCAT Meeting

November 19, 2011

ANKARA, Turkey — Delegates at an international conservation meeting agreed Saturday on a measure mandating that silky sharks accidentally caught in fishing gear be released back into the sea alive, marine advocacy groups said.The 48-member International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), however – ending a weeklong meeting in Istanbul – failed to reach consensus on other threatened shark species, the groups said.Glance at More…
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