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  Bernd Laeschke

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  World’s first shark sanctuary in Palau

  Palau (Global Adventures): Palau, a small island and diver’s paradise in the Pacific, is currently creating the world’s first shark sanctuary to protect great hammerheads, leopard sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks and more than 130 other species fighting extinction. The news was announced today at the United Nations General Assembly.
  
  "Palau will declare its territorial waters and extended economic zone (EEZ) to be the first officially recognized sanctuary for sharks," said Palauan President Johnson Toribiong. "We'll do the very best we can, given our resources," he said. "The purpose of this is to call attention to the world to the killing of sharks for commercial purposes, including getting the fins to make shark fin soups, and then they throw the bodies in the water."
  
  This story was first published by Global Adventures, LLC. You can find the full article here:
  
  http://www.global-adventures.us/2009/09/25/shark-sanctuary-p...
  
  • 25 Sep 2009, 9:37 pm
  Bernd Laeschke wrote: > Palau (Global Adventures): Palau, a small island and diver’s paradise > in the Pacific, is currently creating the world’s first shark > sanctuary to protect great hammerheads, leopard sharks, oceanic > whitetip sharks and more than 130 other species fighting extinction. > The news was announced today at the United Nations General Assembly. > > "Palau will declare its territorial waters and extended economic zone > (EEZ) to be the first officially recognized sanctuary for sharks," > said Palauan President Johnson Toribiong. "We'll do the very best we > can, given our resources," he said. "The purpose of this is to call > attention to the world to the killing of sharks for commercial > purposes, including getting the fins to make shark fin soups, and > then they throw the bodies in the water." > > This story was first published by Global Adventures, LLC. You can > find the full article here: > > http://www.global-adventures.us/2009/09/25/shark-sanctuary-palau/