The massive over-fishing of the oceans has already led to the near-disappearance of some of the world's fish.
The proposals will not ban the fishing of these sharks but it will mean that for the first time, the international trade in them will be regulated.
There are no signs of anyone monitoring the weight ratio or making sure there's no illegal fishing of the five shark species protected under international treaty.
Hence the humblebrag, a method of fishing designed to indemnify the fisher against charges of fishing.
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"It will cut out some of the fishing but not all of it, " he says sitting on the western banks of the river fishing for walleye.
For centuries it was part of the rich fishing grounds of West Cork's O'Driscoll clan, and the locals would not have been averse to the odd shipwreck giving them an opportunity for plunder.
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Mr Gerrard, the master of the fishing smack 'Busy', was killed at Burton Bradstock while attempting to rescue the crew of fishing boats being driven ashore in a heavy gale.
Thirty-seven percent of the Gulf is closed to fishing because of an accident involving a deepwater drilling operation.
The Song of the Whale crew sailed the busy fishing ground of the Baltic Sea for the first time this summer listening for signs of harbour porpoises.
In addition to calling for a 50 percent reduction in the capacity of the industrial fishing fleet, Greenpeace seeks the elimination of government subsidies and a moratorium on the construction of large fishing vessels.
He was the guy who found the hidden valley of his own dreams 25 years ago and decided then and there to create a model of salmon fishing for all of Ireland with big house jeraboms of laughter by night over fine wine.
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Jerry McKinnis, a veteran producer of outdoor sports television shows, is determined to get fishing out of the doldrums and onto the tube.
On the mainland, the glacier-covered cone of the Cerro Macau volcano peeked above the cloud and the straggly fishing port of Puerto Montt came into view.
In announcing Thursday that the show was off, a Reed Exhibitions official said the intent of excluding "certain products" was to focus on hunting and fishing traditions of the event.
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Campaigners are calling for ambitious reform of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy, which governs the fishing activities of the EU fleet, to ensure fisheries are more sustainably managed to prevent overfishing.
The European Commission is expected to call for part of the North Sea to be declared a no-go zone for cod fishing ahead of its annual round of negotiations between fisheries ministers.
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Japan has released the captain and crew of a Chinese fishing boat who were arrested last week on suspicion of illegally fishing in Japanese waters.
The death of the "well-respected" skipper is said to have devastated the small fishing community of Torquay.
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They remained there for thousands of years and eventually tidal currents and dredging released the fossilised remains, which were caught in the fishing nets of a trawler earlier this year.
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Rivals have accused him of fishing with two poles and of using live trout for bait (both forbidden).
The Moonlight was co-designed by a Dutch team and local residents of a small fishing village outside of the capital, Phnom Penh.
The Fisheries Committee has broadly supported the Commission's proposal, but says the money should be focused on the modernisation of fishing fleets and the development of coastal communities.
They are mainly transported over longer distances on boat hulls, but larvae and fragments can also be spread by fishing equipment, the movement of fishing nets and tidal currents.
As it turns out, the fishing leg of the slam will be the easiest to accomplish.
To find out more, NPR's Chris Arnold went to the fishing piers of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Another controversy over surveillance is brewing in the remote fishing town of Dillingham, Alaska, population 2400.
Those who want a little more luxury might log on to the Great Fishing Houses of Ireland website.
Once the fishing method of choice, these days it's generally done for tourists.
Diane Lopes was among the shoppers who packed a supermarket Thursday in the coastal fishing city of Gloucester, Mass.
It is hard to believe that only a few years ago, this was the humble, sleepy fishing village of Bagan Lalang, in Sepang.
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