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dogfish and a total allowable catch of zero for 2010. Scientists had recommended a zero catch for this year as studies suggest the northeast Atlantic population is on the verge of collapse. Catches for cod outside the North Sea, hake, monkfish, sole and whiting have also been agreed at levels higher than those recommended by EU advisors. The Bay of Biscay anchovy fishery is to remain closed but...

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the Mediterranean have also fallen by 99.99 per cent compared with previous numbers. For the rest of the top 20 predators, records were not comprehensive enough to plot a trend, though declines were evident. That may be because their decline began even earlier, when records were even more sparse, the researchers believe. “This study will hopefully contribute to a greater threat status for hamme...

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The aim of this work is to improve the digital images quality, in particular those relating to the Turin Shroud. ù The problem with Shroud images is that they are characterised by very low variations of the luminance of the various pixels. These almost unperceptible variations, cause great difficulty in analysing the images with the naked eye. Therefore some kind of elaboration becomes necessar...

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