New York, NY - 09/22/2010 - Honduras and Palau, two countries
that have stopped shark fishing in their waters, are urging the
rest of the world to conserve the world’s dwindling shark
populations or run the risk of losing the ocean’s top predator
and throwing the marine food chain out of balance. Listen to an
audio recording (MP3) of the press conference. To coincide with
the High Level Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General
Assembly to review the Millennium Development Goals, which
include a target for preserving global biodiversity, President
Johnson Toribiong of the Republic of Palau and President
Porfirio Lobo Sosa of the Republic of Honduras issued a
challenge to other world leaders to work together to save the
world’s sharks. The two Presidents are calling on coastal
countries to establish shark sanctuaries in their waters, where
no shark fishing is permitted, and for all fishing countries to
end shark finning and the global overfishing of sharks. “We have
done what we can in Palau’s waters to sa