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""The Commission's proposal is a positive step toward the much-needed protection of sharks," said Sandrine Polti, shark policy adviser to the Pew Environment Group and the Shark Alliance. "The responsibility now lies with the Fisheries Ministers and members of the European Parliament for all 27 EU Member States, who must agree to this proposal as the only reliable way of ensuring that sharks are not finned.""

During this week of action, OCEAN2012 member groups are inviting EU citizens to witness the impact overfishing has had on the marine environment and learn how the EU's CFP reform is an opportunity to go back to the future.

Plankton*net Plankton*net is a communal source of information about marine phytoplankton. Users can browse through an extensive collection of descriptions and still and video images organized alphabetically or by taxon. Links are provided with each species description to numerous websites containing information about the organism.