Honduras declares shark sanctuary

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, June 24 (UPI) -- In an ongoing global movement to protect sharks, Honduras says it is declaring its waters a permanent sanctuary for the fish.

President Porfirio Lobo Sosa signed the sanctuary bill into law Friday, making permanent a 2010 moratorium on commercial fishing for sharks in the 92,665 square miles of Honduras' exclusive economic zone, which covers both its Pacific and Caribbean coasts.

Creating a shark sanctuary was "an opportunity to contribute to the conservation of the species and protect our national patrimony," Honduran first vice president Maria Antonieta Guillen de Bogran told The New York Times.

"We want to be a reference point for the world," she said. "We're a small country, but we can set an example." .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2011/06/24/Honduras-declares-shark-sanctuary/UPI-41091308940058/#ixzz1QHvRmjAP

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1. ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gciFoEbOA8&feature=related

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2. K&R nt

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3. wow, Go Honduras!

"We want to be a reference point for the world," she said. Damn right, about time someone starts protecting them!!