COMMENT………………………………  1

INDIA
An ill-thought ban……………………..   3

ISLAMIC STATES
Trading amidst constraints………….. 11

MAURITANIA
Can the leopard change its spots?… 18

RUSSIA
A shoulder to lean on………………… 24

INDIA
Naturally ours………………………….. 28

DOCUMENT
A duty towards co-operation……….. 32

ANALYSIS
Trading gets fishy……………………… 37

ANALYSIS
The arrogance of experts…………… 39

ANALYSIS
Sustaining marine biodiversity…….. 41

DOCUMENT
The Chennai Declaration……………. 45

JAPAN
Don’t dump wastes into the sea…… 47

NEWS ROUND-UP
Pakistan, Somalia, Kenya
New Zealand, UN, EU, Japan………. 50