For endangered sharks, a haven in rough waters
The Pacific island nation of Palau has established the world’s first no-fish zone for sharks. But the task of protecting the threatened fish got harder this week when a UN body declined to ban the trade in four shark species. The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports.
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