Illegal Pakistani Fishing Nets Depleting Marine Turtle Population
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The News International] By M Waqar Bhatti - March 26, 2015
The use of illegal fishing nets by Pakistani fishermen is one of the leading causes of depletion of the population of marine turtles.
The country's continental shelf was home to four of the total seven reported species of marine turtles.
This was expressed by experts speaking at a two-day regional symposium on the subject organised by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) under its Saving the Endangered Sea Turtles project.
The event, held with the collaboration of USAID's small grants and ambassador funds programme, was attended by marine conservation experts from Bangladesh, Germany, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and UAE, besides representatives of government departments, academia and private organisations.
The speakers explained that marine turtles were one of the oldest surviving reptiles on the planet. Globally, there were...
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