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  Sharks Win Protection at CITES

  Mar 14: Countries voted to increase protection for five commercially-exploited species of sharks and manta rays. Photo Credit: Brian Skerry.

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  NOAA and INTERPOL Address Fisheries Crime

  Feb 27: NOAA's Office of Law Enforcement has long partnered with international police organization INTERPOL and is excited to help INTERPOL launch Project SCALE, a new initiative to detect, combat and suppress fisheries crime worldwide.

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  Global Push for Shark and Ray Conservation

  Feb 22: The United States is working with its global partners to advance important shark and ray conservation measures at this year's CITES meeting. Photo Credit: Brian Skerry.

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  U.S. and EU Share Vision to Tackle Illegal Fishing

  Feb 13: The United States and European Union share a common vision for sustainable fisheries. Both governments are committed to continuing their joint effort to end IUU fishing.

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  NOAA Identifies Nations for IUU Fishing

  Jan 11: To ensure the U.S. fishing industry isn’t undermined by unsustainable, illegal activities, NOAA submitted a report identifying 10 nations whose fishing vessels engaged in illegal unreported, and unregulated fishing in 2011 or 2012.

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  ICCAT Adopts Key Conservation Measures

  Nov 20: The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) concluded its annual meeting with significant advances to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and support rebuilding of bluefin tuna and marlin stocks.

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  United States and Morocco Shake Hands

  Nov 13: The U.S. signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Morocco that sets the stage for collaboration on ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management and sustainable marine aquaculture.

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  ICCAT Meeting to Conserve and Manage Key Species

  Nov 13: The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) starts its annual meeting in Agadir, Morocco to consider conservation measures for a variety of Atlantic marine species.

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  Working Together to End IUU Fishing

  Nov 2: Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing threatens the sustainability of our ocean ecosystems and fisheries. Combating IUU fishing is one of NOAA Fisheries’ top priorities.

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  New Proposal to Protect Oceanic Whitetip Sharks

  Oct 9: The United States co-sponsors a proposal to add oceanic whitetip sharks to Appendix II of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

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  Sawfish—Cousins of the Shark

  Aug 15: Sawfish have skeletons made of cartilage and shark-like bodies and gills. But during the past decade, these creatures have faced dramatic decline due to habitat loss and capture in fisheries.

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  Shark Conservation in Our Global Oceans

  Aug 14: Through international cooperation and state-of-the art technology, NOAA Fisheries is conducting joint research with Uruguay’s fisheries agency that is critical to inform international conservation and management decisions for pelagic sharks.