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SSG Regions - Southeastern Pacific: News
Colombian Navy Trains Its Sights On Shark Hunters
January 2, 2007
Spiny Dogfish Management Measures Proposed
May 15, 2006
Public Meetings this Week on Tuna, Billfish and Shark Fisheries
May 15, 2006
Shark Finning Ban in Eastern Pacific Likely
June 21, 2005
Galapagos: Downward Spiral
April 1, 2005
Ecuador Fights Shark Fishing In Galapagos
March 20, 2005
Megamouth Caught for First Time in the Pacific Ocean off the Coast of South America
March 8, 2004
Costa Rican Shark Finning Case Goes to Highest Court
March 5, 2004
Minister Quits Amid Galapagos Row
March 4, 2004
Galapagos Fishermen End Protest In Contested Pact
March 1, 2004
Scientists Held Hostage On Darwin's Island: Fears For Rare Tortoises Caught Up In Galapagos Fishermens Protest
February 28, 2004
Pact On Galapagos Fishing
February 27, 2004
Small Ecuador Seen Hit By Illegal Wildlife Trade
February 19, 2004
Finning Threatens Galapagos Sharks, Say Naturalists
October 21, 2003
Ecuador Seizes Illegal Shark Fins In Galapagos
October 4, 2003
Ecuador Seizes Illegal Galapagos Shark Fins
September 16, 2003
U.N. Convention Votes to Protect Mahogany and Sea Horses but Not Sharks
November 14, 2002
Illegal Shark Hunting for Fins Off Ecuador's Galapagos Island
October 6, 2002
Case Study of a Spill Response: How Galápagos Managers Handled the Jessica Spill
February 7, 2001
Ecuador Declares State of Emergency
January 22, 2001
U.S. Aids in Fuel Spill Clean Up
January 22, 2001
Oil Spill Near Ecuador's Galapagos Is a 'Disaster'
January 21, 2001
Spill Worsens in Ecuador's Galapagos Islands
January 21, 2001
Galapagos Oil Spill Threatening
January 20, 2001

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