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| France, Italy and Monaco decided to create in the Mediterranean Sea a sanctuary for the protection of whales and dolphins, announced yesterday the French foreign office. |
| " The signature of the agreement is foreseen in brief term " the assistant spokesman of the Quay of Orsay, Bernard Valéro clarified. The concerned region is bounded by the peninsula of Giens, Sardinia and the South of Toscane, he indicated. According to estimations, she shelters about 1000 whales and 25.000 dolphins. |
| States signers undertake to forbid any
deliberated grip of cetaceans sailors in this sanctuary, but the fishing will remain there
authorized, as we were clarified. Coming into force as from December 31, 2001 of the suspension for the fishermen of the European Union to use nets "maillants dérivants" in the Mediterranean Sea should however limit the disappearances of dolphins and the other maritime cetaceans provoked by this mode of fishing. |
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| Agreement foresees besides a cooperation in the fight against the pollution, the suspension of the competitions of fast machines in the sanctuary and a periodic evaluation of the state of the populations of the different sorts of cetaceans sailors, the causes of their mortality and threats pressing on their environment, their food and their reproduction. |
| " These populations and their environments establish an exceptional biologic wealth which it is advisable to protect by uniting efforts beyond borders " commented carries him word French. |
| " Agreement represents an innovative approach which aims to facilitate the application of protective measures based on the principle of compatible rules of conduct as well with the evolutions of the sorts as with the preservation of the traditional manners of the sea and the rational exploitation of the resources " he explained. |
Mike Riddell's reaction : " A good short story "
After the frank success taken away by the fourth operation Delphis, Mike Riddell, president - founder of RIMMO could only be delighted at the announcement of the imminent signature of the agreement on the creation of a sanctuary for the protection of whales and at dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea: " One fights since 1992 on this affair, then obviously it is a good short story ".
François Doumenge's reaction : " It is a first considerable step "
For the professor François Doumenge, the director of the oceanographic museum of Monaco, " it is a first considerable step. Here are eight years when one waited for this agreement. But it will not change anything if one respects not him. The Italian and French navies are ready of allocating vessels to this spot of surveillance? ".
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