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12-10-06, 20:14
A fisheries organisation for the protection of marine resources along the coastlines of Namibia, Angola and South Africa has banned shark finning. It has also placed a moratorium on all fishing in several areas for the next four years. The South Eastern Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (Seafo) adopted several urgent conservation measures during its third annual general meeting last Thursday. Seafo was established in March 2004 Angola and Namibia are members, as well as some of the countries fishing in the area, like Norway and some EU countries.
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