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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A group of conservationists says
a federal plan to protect a threatened shark that lives in East Coast waters
doesn't go far enough.
The National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing
changes to federal fishing rules with the goal of protecting dusky sharks. The
species is a large shark that lost much of its population due to commercial
fishing for them that's now illegal off the U.S.
The fisheries service is proposing a suite of new rules
for recreational and commercial fishermen that are designed to protect the
shark, which is sometimes still killed by accidental bycatch. But conservation
group Oceana says the rules aren't strict enough, and leave sharks vulnerable.
Dusky sharks live from Maine to Florida and the Gulf of
Mexico on the East Coast. They have long been hunted for fins.
AP
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