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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

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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