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How are the seas and the sea life protected? Here, you can take a look to the main Conventions and International Laws. If you want to know more, you can follow the links.

International Conventions
	Tursiops truncatus	Calocnetris diomedea	Caretta caretta	Anguilla anguilla
CBD	General protection and use of biodiversity
CMS	Appendix I and II		Appendix I and II
MAP	Annex II	Annex II	Annex II
CITES	Appendix II		Appendix I	Appendix II
RAMSAR				Protection of habitats
MARPOL	Protection against pollution
OSPAR			OSPAR List of Threatened and/or Declining Species and Habitats

European Strategies, Conventions and Regulations
	Tursiops truncatus	Calocnetris diomedea	Caretta caretta	Anguilla anguilla
Bern Convention	Appendix II	Appendix II	Appendix II
Habitats Directive	Annex II		Annex II
Birds Directive		Annex I
Biodiversity strategy for 2020	General protection and use of biodiversity
Water framework Directive	Body of water protection			Body of water protection
Invasive alien species				Special interest by invasive parasites
Marine Strategy	General protection of habitats
Protecting cetaceans from incidental catches	Protection about incidental catches
Recovering the stock of European eel				Global management

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