HONG KONG (CHINA)- It was standard on the menu of every wedding banquet in Hong Kong. But the appetite for shark fin soup is fading. 90 percent of people say they could, or would, go without it, according to the Hong Kong daily The Standard. That’s what a survey ofContinue Reading
BUNDABERG (AUSTRALIA)- Two man in Queensland, Australia, were fined with thousands of dollars for finning sharks. One of the two men was found guilty of finning 49 sharks in central Queensland. Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol officers boarded the man’s boat in Bundaberg in October last year, where they foundContinue Reading
VIENNA (AUSTRIA)- Last weekend, Austrian undersea explorer and writer Hans Hass passed away ar age 94. Because of his work campaigning for a better reputation of sharks, he was named ‘Lord of the Sharks’. Hass published 32 books and produced 73 films during his career on the seas in hisContinue Reading
GANSBAAI (SOUTH AFRICA)- Research Conducted by Marine Dynamics a Shark Cage Diving Operator in Gansbaai South Africa. Research Conducted by Marine Dynamics a Shark Cage Diving Operator in Gansbaai South Africa Tweet
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (BRUNEI)- The sultanate of Brunei has announced it will enforce the ban on the catch and landings of all shark species from Brunei’s waters. And thus cease the sale of any related products in the domestic market. Furthermore, Brunei will also now officially enforce the ban on the importationContinue Reading
The European Union (EU) agreed this week to tighten up an existing ban on shark finning by eliminating a loophole that allowed fisherman to still remove fins from caught shark. The ban for EU fishing crews has existed since 2003, but with special permits they were still allowed to removeContinue Reading
BALTIMORE (USA)- Fishermen on the eastern US coasts catching smooth dogfish are allowed to bring back to port more than twice the ratio of fins to bodies. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decided to ease on the restrictions of shark finning. Conservation groups are furious and concerned that theContinue Reading