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I voted against the report on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels. An analysis of shark catch rates indicate that stocks are under serious threat, although the situation is different for some species and even within the same species across different regions.
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), more than 25 % of all species of pelagic sharks, most of which are great oceanic pelagic sharks, are under threat. In the last few years, it has been illegal to catch, retain on board, tranship or land an increasing number of shark species, including sharks with high commercial value fins, in accordance with Union legislation or other regional fisheries management regulations.
The blue and mako sharks, classified by the IUCN as ‘under threat of extinction’ and ‘vulnerable to extinction’, respectively, are the most common species caught by European vessels, with the blue shark accounting for 70 % of all sharks landed. However, other species, such as the hammer shark and the tiger shark, caught in internal and external waters of the European Union support the economic viability of the fisheries sector."@en1
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