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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Lamnidae —porbeagle .
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Examples
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The United States and Palau had put in proposals to restrict international trade in white tip sharks and hammerhead sharks, while the European Union has proposed protecting porbeagle sharks, also known as Lamna nasus.
unknown title 2009
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The United States and Palau had put in proposals to restrict international trade in white tip sharks and hammerhead sharks, while the European Union has proposed protecting porbeagle sharks, also known as Lamna nasus.
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I'm too late, but it is almost positively a porbeagle (Lamna nasus).
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I'm too late, but it is almost positively a porbeagle (Lamna nasus).
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One example is salmon sharks (Lamna ditropis), which have been observed as far north as False Pass, an important migratory passage for whales, salmon, and other marine life between the North Pacific and Bering Sea.
Aleutian and Pribilof Islands region climate change case study 2009
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(_Lamna_, _Arius_, &c.) and a crocodile (_Diplocynodon_) are also found in the Barton Clay.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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Likewise, the EU warned: "Unsustainable target fisheries for Lamna nasus in parts of its range have been driven by international trade demand for its high value meat."
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Porbeagle sharks, Lamna nasus, are classified as globally Vulnerable, but are considered Critically Endangered in the Northeast Atlantic and and Endangered in the Northwest Atlantic.
ENS 2009
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Likewise, the EU warned: "Unsustainable target fisheries for Lamna nasus in parts of its range have been driven by international trade demand for its high value meat."
unknown title 2009
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He added: "Also on the MCS fish to avoid list are the porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus) and the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias).
EcoEarth.Info Environment RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Press Association: no 2010
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