Shark plan ignores conservation ideals

ALTHOUGH the Cook Islands declared its EEZ a shark sanctuary in 2012 and legislated this position, those conservation measures appear to have been disregarded in favour of a shark culling programme in Pukapuka and now Penrhyn.

ALTHOUGH the Cook Islands declared its EEZ a shark sanctuary in 2012 and legislated this position, those conservation measures appear to have been disregarded in favour of a shark culling programme in Pukapuka and now Penrhyn.