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California's Shark Fin Ban Officially in Effect! The Catch Is...
California has banned shark fins within the state...for nowLet's start with the good news: As of yesterday, July 1, California's shark fin ban (passed in 2011) officially came into effect! California...
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VICTORY: European Union Bans All Shark Finning!
© Oceana/Carlos SuarezWe at Oceana are thrilled to share this news with you – the European Union (EU) has just officially adopted a strict ban on shark finning! Saturday ended nearly a decade of battle...
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BIG NEWS for the Big Apple: NY Bans Shark Fin Trade!
With Governor Andrew Cuomo’s signature today, New York joins Maryland and Delaware as the third state on the East Coast to ban the sale, trade, distribution and possession of shark fins throughout the...
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Second-Biggest Shark-Catching Country in World BANS SHARK FINNING
This 2010 map shows the top 20 countries annual shark catch worldwide. India, ranking #2, has moved to ban shark finning throughout the country and its waters. l Image: FAO Fisheries Department“This...
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Hong Kong Bans Shark Fin Soup at Government Functions
Dried shark fins are the key ingredient in shark fin soup. (Photo: Choo Yut Shing) We have some encouraging news for you out of Hong Kong – the government of Hong Kong announced that it will no longer...
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Fins Are Finished
(Photo: Choo Yut Shing)Each year, millions of sharks are slaughtered for their fins to meet the demand for shark fin soup. Over the past few years, several U.S. states passed laws against the trade in...
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Massachusetts Takes a Step Forward For Sharks
Blue shark (Prionace glauca). (Photo: Oceana / Karin Leonard / Marine Photobank)This week, Massachusetts became the ninth state to regulate the trade of shark fins within their state borders—an...
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CITES Listing Countdown: Less Than Three Weeks until Porbeagle Sharks are...
A porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus). (Photo: NMFS, E. Hoffmayer, S. Iglésias and R. McAuley, via Wikimedia Commons)On September 14, 2014, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild...
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Shark Fin Sales in China Show Promising Signs of Decline, Says Report
An oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharinus longimanus), a species commonly harvested for the shark fin trade. (Photo: Michael Aston / Flickr Creative Commons)Shark fin soup was once a delicacy in Asian...
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Act: GrubHub, Take Shark Fin Off the Menu!
A school of scalloped hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini), a species commonly harvested for the shark fin trade. (Photo: Oceana / © Rob Stewart) Shark and ocean lovers may want to think twice the next...
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