Factoid/2005/05/06
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UN Considering Longline Fishing Moratorium in the Pacific Ocean
- "The United Nations is at this moment considering urgent measures to protect ocean wildlife from being injured and killed by industrial longline fishing in the Pacific. During June 6-10, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea will consider a proposal by Costa Rica, supported by 3 other countries, to implement a moratorium on industrial high seas longline fishing." - excerpt from an email sent out by the Sea Turtle Restoration Project, http://www.seaturtles.org. Longlines set in the ocean can extend for up to 60 miles with thousands of hooks which indiscriminately catch fish, sharks, albatross (and other sea birds), dolphins (and other sea mammals), and anything else unfortunate enough to get caught on the longlines hooks.
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