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May, 2011

  • 24 May

    California Assembly bans sale of shark fins ‎

    The state Assembly came to the defense Monday of endangered sharks targeted by fishermen who amputate their fins then toss the live sharks back into the ocean. The Assembly approved AB376, which bans the sale, trade or possession of shark fins, a delicacy that costs hundreds of dollars a pound …

  • 20 May

    Shark-finners now in Nicaragua

    While a recently enforced Costa Rican customs policy is proving effective at keeping foreign shark-finning fleets out of private docks here, it has fallen short of expelling the lucrative shark trade from the region. Shortly after Costa Rica began the enforcement of its General Custom Law, requiring foreign vessels to …

  • 14 May

    Sharks dying by the dozens due to internal bleeding

    Dozens of leopard sharks have been washing up dead in California since April, and now a necropsy shows at least one of the sharks died of massive internal bleeding, such that blood was even coming out of the shark”s skin, according to a Daily News report. The necropsy, conducted by …

  • 13 May

    Wash. bans sale, trade of shark fins

    Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed legislation that prohibits the sale, trade or distribution of shark fins or derivative products in the state of Washington. Supporters including the Humane Society of the United States say Senate Bill 5688 reduces pressure on sharply declining populations of sharks. The group says more than …

  • 9 May

    Malaysian state plans ban on shark hunting

    A Malaysian state plans to ban shark fishing in a bid to bolster tourism and conserve a species hunted mainly for fins that are used to create a culinary delicacy, an official said Monday. Masidi Manjun, tourism, culture and environment minister in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island, said local …

  • 2 May

    ‘Million-dollar sharks’ boon to eco-tourism: report

    A single reef shark can be worth nearly two million dollars in tourism revenue over its lifetime, according to a study released Monday by researchers in Australia. The analysis from the Pacific island nation of Palau shows that sharks — hunted worldwide for their fins, a Chinese delicacy — are …

April, 2011

  • 29 April

    Taiwan drops shark’s fin soup from Beijing banquet

    Taiwan said Friday it has dropped shark”s fin soup from the menu of a banquet planned in Beijing to promote tourism with mainland China, after protests by animal protection groups. “We have made changes to the menu, so shark”s fin will be removed from the banquet,” Hung Chih-kuang, from the …

  • 28 April

    Sharks found with fins removed

    A Moffat Beach resident was upset to discover two metre-long sharks with their tails and fins removed on the banks of Tooway Creek at Moffat Beach earlier this week. The woman was walking her ridgeback-cross-greyhound along the new walkway around 8.30am on Tuesday when her dog began pulling incessantly towards …

  • 27 April

    Scientists can track origin of shark fins using ‘zip codes’ in their DNA

    An international team of scientists, led by the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University, has used DNA to determine that groups of dusky sharks (Carcharhinus obscurus) and copper sharks (Carcharhinus brachyurus) living in different coastal regions across the globe are separate populations of each species. Both are …

March, 2011

  • 23 March

    Despite Ban, UAE remains Market Hub for Shark Fins

    Stephan Geyer. Via Flickr

    Following the recent shocking incident where a pregnant hammerhead female shark and its forty-five pups were found dead at a fish market in Dubai, we decided to delve a little deeper into the murky business of shark fishing and fining in the United Arab Emirates. Although shark fining was completely …

  • 20 March

    Marine ecosystem suffers huge blow after 45 baby sharks found dead

    Image Credit: Thomas Vignaud

    Fishermen may have struck gold this week when they landed a great hammerhead shark pregnant with a litter of 45 pups, but the Arabian Gulf”s marine ecosystem took a great hit. The 5-metre-long shark was found at Deira Fish Market by filmmakers recording the decline of sharks in the region …

  • 9 March

    China legislator urges shark fin ban

    A member of China”s parliament has proposed a ban on the trade in shark fins, state press said Wednesday — a move that would likely face huge opposition from the nation”s culinary traditionalists. Shark fins are used to make a soup that is a staple at high-end restaurants throughout China, …