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NAFO Must Take Action to Protect Vulnerable Marine Species and Habitats: WWF-Canada ; Special meeting in Montreal will test NAFO's commitment to protect coldwater coral forests and other vulnerable areas off Canada's Atlantic coast
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CCNMatthews Newswire
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May 2, 2008
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HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA--(Marketwire - May 2, 2008) - WWF-Canada is
calling for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO),
and its 13 contracting parties to adopt a plan to protect vulnerable
marine species and habitats, including coldwater coral forests, by
December 2008, at its Intersessional Meeting next week in Montreal.
Protecting corals and other species would bring the severely
depleted Grand Banks one step closer to recovery.
In 2006, fishing nations from around the world agreed to
implement the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution on
Sustainable Fisheries (61/105), which calls on high seas fishing
nations and regional fisheries management organizations, such as ...
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