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New Study Pinpoints Origins Of Hammerhead Shark Fins
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A new groundbreaking study has traced scalloped hammerhead shark fins that were being sold in the markets of Hong Kong to their geographic origin.
Buy An Anti-Shark Finning Billboard In China That Features Yao Ming
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Shark Savers and WildAid are collaborating on a multi-media campaign in China targeting the consumers of shark fin soup by putting up billboards in China that feature Yao Ming
Congress Passes The Shark Conservation Act
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Congress passes the Shark Conservation Act, making shark finning illegal.
UK Acts To End Shark Finning
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The Shark Trust marks European Shark Week 2009 by heralding a UK decision to lead in the battle against shark “finning” (slicing off a shark’s fins and discarding the body at sea) with a complete...
Help Us Educate Over 500,000 People About The Ocean This Week
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Your underwater images can help educate hundreds of thousands of people this week!
World Oceans Day 2009
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We explore the issues facing the oceans today on the first World Oceans Day, and what to do as underwater image makers
Manta Rays On Restaurant Menus As Shark Populations Plummet
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Conservationists fear a falling shark population is prompting Asian chefs to look for manta and devil rays to help meet the voracious demand for shark fin soup
Shark Fin Soup? Not On Our Menu
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"Not On Our Menu" is a superbly produced anti-shark finning video, which urges people to sign a petition, which will be presenting to the United Nations Secretary General on world's Ocean Day June 8th
Help Stop The Reversal Of Shark Protection In Palau
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Earlier this month, news surfaced about a bill in Palau's congress that would eliminate the protection of sharks in Palau's waters
Two Tons Of Shark Fins On Taiwanese Boat
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A Taiwanese fishing vessel with nearly two tons of dried shark fins on board was seized at Cape Town harbour
OCEANA TV Shows Powerful Images Of Shark Finning
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The programme "On the alert" dedicates its first episode to the critical situation of sharks, now a target of commercial fishing
Shark Fin Protest In San Francisco China Town
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The Shark Safe Project is planning a Shark Fin Protest in San Francisco China Town on January 25th
Underwater Photography & Video Best of 2008
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Matt Weiss picks his favorite underwater photography, video and marine conservation news of 2008
A Battle Won In The War Against Shark Finning
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China's largest shopping site Alibaba.com has announced they will cease all shark fin trading and sales in all their companies including Taobao.com as of January 1st, 2009
China's Largest Shopping Site Bans Sale of Shark Fin Products
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Taobao.com announced to its 400 million online members that all shark fin products will be banned from trade on Taobao.com starting 1, January 2009.
Shark Finning On CNN December 11th
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Thursday December 11th, please tune in to CNN for Planet in Peril: Battle Lines, where the focus will be on the global shark finning crisis
Gunther Diechmann's Photo Of The Week In Stern Magazine Shows Shark Finning In Bali
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Gunther Deichmann's image of shark finning is the photo of the week in Stern Magazine issue no. 46
Thresher And Dog Sharks Need Help In Donsol
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Thresher and dog sharks are being heavily fished in Donsol, Philippines.
Austraila's Sharks Fall Victim To Shark Fin Trading
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Research from Australia indicates a large number of shark fins being exported from the country.
Garrett Urged to Suspend Shark Fin Exports
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The Nature Conservation Council of NSW is calling on the Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett to suspend the export of shark fins from Australia
Adoption of Shark Conservation Act
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The Shark Conservation Act of 2008, passed today by the US Congress should strengthen a U.S. ban on shark finning, improve shark fisheries data, and encourage international shark conservation
Shark Fin Soup 'Should Be Banned In Australia'
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A top Sydney chef says shark fin soup should be banned from Australian restaurants because the demand for the delicacy is driving sharks to extinction
Singapore Resort Drops Shark's Fin From Menus
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To support conservation efforts, one of Singapore's upcoming integrated resorts - Resorts World at Sentosa - said it would not be offering shark's fin on its menu when it opens in 2010.
Weddings Boost Shark's Fin Consumption in Singapore
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Shark's fin consumption more than doubled in Singapore last year from 2006, with demand driven by an economic boom and an increase in wedding celebrations, a report said Saturday
Asia Dive Expo - ADEX 2008
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DivePhotoGuide reports from the Asia Dive Expo in Singapore
Congress Pushes For True Shark Finning Ban
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A recent decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals prompted Congress to introduce the "Shark Conservation Act of 2008" late last night.
Help Ban Shark Fin Products In Westchester County - Act Now
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Westchester County in New York may potentially be the first county in the entire US to enact a ban on shark fins and shark products. It is vital that we show support for this cause. Help set a...
High Hopes for EU Shark Proposals
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A senior marine scientist has welcomed European Commission proposals for a shark conservation action plan
Demand for Shark Meat Overwhelms Scientists
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The increasing international demand for shark meat and shark fins, which is pushing some species towards extinction, has caught marine scientists and managers by surprise, says one of Cape Town's...
Hammerhead in Need of Protection
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Over-fishing and demand for shark fins, an expensive delicacy, have pushed one of the world's iconic animals towards the brink of extinction, say experts
Sharks Disappearing As Fin Chopping Rises
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Populations of tiger, bull, dusky and other sea sharks have plummeted by more than 95 percent since the 1970s as fisherman kill the animals for their fins or when they scoop other fish from the ocean
Shark Poachng At Cococs Island
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An Imaging Foundation expedition uncovered and documented poaching activity at Cocos Island
Video: Shark Alert! Species Struggle
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After 450 million years swimming the ocean, some shark species are on the verge of extinction
30 'Finned' Sharks Washed Up On New Zealand Beach
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In December a New Zealand Department of Conservation ranger came across a gruesome find in the Marlborough Sounds: the bloodied carcasses of 30 sand sharks whose fins had been cut off by commercial...
Video: Fin Soup Drives Shark Decline
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The delicacy is a status symbol in fast-growing China
International Protection for World's Sharks
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Sharks have had a bad press ever since Jaws, if not before
Options for European Shark Plan Revealed
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The Shark Alliance is welcoming the release of the European Commission's consultation document for a Community Plan of Action (CPOA) for Sharks, which, at long last, addresses the plight of sharks...
Environmental Group Urges Firms to Take Shark Fn off Menus
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An environmental group is urging companies to drop shark fin from their banquet menus as demand rises in the booming economy ahead of the holiday hospitality season, a media report said Tuesday
International Shark Photo Exposition
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To create awareness to the worldside shark-finning problem, the Protect the Sharks Foundation has created the International Shark Photo Exposition (ISPE).
Sharks are particularly vulnerable to...
Update From The Road: Shark Finning
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Just a quick update from the road ... After a week of rain and foul weather, the sky finally cleared up and we hit the water. As we continue our exploration of the unknown reefs and marine...
Fake Shark Fins Made From Pork
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A Japanese company is launching fake shark fins in China, hoping to tap a market as prices for real ones rise amid concerns the species is being hunted to extinction.
Shark fin is considered one...
Yahoo's Involvement In The Shark Fin Trade
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Dear Ms. Decker,
It baffles me that a company worth billions of dollars would use its wealth to help destroy our oceans. Your investment in the Chinese company Alibaba has dramatically...
Paul Watson Speaks At Ocean Blue Divers NYC Fundraiser
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New York really does have a rejuvenated diver scene these days, thanks in large part to Ocean Blue Divers, the one year old dive club that boasts nearly 1,000 members, and the host of a lovely...
Paul Watson Speaks at OceanBlue Divers NYC Fundraiser
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New York really does have a rejuvenated diver scene these days, thanks in large part to OceanBlue Divers, the one year old dive club that boasts nearly 1,000 members, and the host of a lovely...
Guadalupe Island Conservation Fund Scores Two For The Sharks
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MarineBio partner the Guadalupe Island Conservation Fund has been working hard to get Yahoo! and its sister company Alibaba.com to stop selling thousands of tons of dried shark fins through their...
Shark Finning In Palau, The Slaughter Continues
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This blog post is from the Alliance Diving Blog, via Dermot Keane, GM of Samus Tours and Founder of the Palau Shark Sanctuary, Palau Micronesia...
Just last week around August 15, yet another...
Taiwanese Vessel With Illegal Shark Fins Caught In Palau Waters
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A joint Australian-funded operation between Palau, Federated States of Micronesia and the U.S. Navy has intercepted a tuna long-liner within Palauus economic zone waters loaded with illegal shark...
Protect Our Sharks, Protect Our Oceans
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Humans kill something like 100 million sharks annually. More humans are killed annually by dogs and by falling coconuts than are killed by sharks. At such levels, humanity will certainly survive...
Sandbar Sharks Get Some Help
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Federal fisheries officials are taking additional steps to protect sandbar sharks.
A new rule would ban the recreational harvest of sandbar sharks - recognizable by their long pectoral fins -...
Fears For Shark Species As Fin Market Grows
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A dramatic increase in shark fishing, fuelled by the lucrative shark fin market, is threatening already endangered species along the NSW coast.
Long-line fishing methods used by shark fishermen...
Sign A Petition To Reinstate The Shark Fin Ban In Ecuador
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Sign a Petition to Reinstate the Shark Fin Ban in Ecuador. Last week we ran a story from The Guardian (UK): Hundreds of sharks have been slaughtered daily off the coast of Ecuador since a ban on...
Ecologists Hit Out At Ecuador For Legalising Shark Fin Sales
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Hundreds of sharks have been slaughtered daily off the coast of Ecuador since a ban on the sale of fins was lifted last week, prompting warnings of ecological disaster.
Fishing boats have returned...
Ecuador's President Orders US Environmental Activist Expelled For Role In Shark Fin Seizure
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President Rafael Correa said Saturday he has ordered a U.S. environmental activist deported from Ecuador for allegedly violating national sovereignty by taking part in a police seizure of two tons...
Ecuadoran Police Confiscate 2 Tonnes Of Shark Fins
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Police have seized about two tonnes of shark fins illegally fished in the days before a widely criticized presidential decree allowing the sale of fins if the sharks - some of them threatened...
Shark Week...It's What's For Dinner?
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Ever since Jaws debuted in 1975, Americans have been obsessed with sharks. And for the past 20 years, the Discovery Channel has been capitalizing on both our love and fear of the underwater...
Woman's 'shark Tale' Has Happy Ending
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Nikki Wernke hoped her shark tale would end happily.
The Dubuque resident created an on-line petition in June, asking Da Vinci's restaurant to cease serving a meal that included a threatened...
Ecuador Lifts Ban On Sale Of Shark Fins
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Ecuador's president overturned a ban on the sale of shark fins, which are popular in Asia, but stipulated they can only be sold if the sharks are caught by fishermen accidentally.
In a...
2007 WildAid Shark Report
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As shark populations plummet worldwide, Marine Reserves are the new target of illegal fisheries. Many of the world's marine protected areas, such as the Galapagos Islands and Cocos Islands, are...
No More Sharks In The Soup, Says Conservation Group
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A conservation group has warned that sharks could be extinct within a generation unless people lose their appetite for shark fin soup, Reuters reports.
WildAid today called on the Chinese...
Open Letter to Discovery Networks
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Members of the International SHARK - L Discussion List have recently got together to write the following letter to Discovery Network regarding Shark Week programming.
If you feel that you agree...
Official Shark Awareness Day
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Is that 180 bowl of shark fin soup really worth its eco-cost?
Did you know that this Saturday, July 14th, is official Shark Awareness Day? Much as we love to hate this fearsome predator of the...
Firms Want Eaters Hooked On Shark Meat
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In recent but more barbaric times, sharks caught as a by-catch of a tuna haul had their dorsal fins sliced off and were dumped back into the sea for a slow and agonizing death.
While the fins...
Stop Shark Fishing In Tobago
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"In recent weeks a fishing boat has been coming into Speyside in Tobago and shark fishing off little Tobago. This kind of targeted fishing is indiscriminate. They are catching sharks of all...
Some Sharks Nearly Wiped Out
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Researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science said the presence of sharks in the state's coastal waters should not surprise or alarm people.
Dean Grubbs, a researcher at VIMS, directs...
NOAA Partners With US Fish & Wildlife Service To Curb Shark Finning
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NOAA and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have joined forces to expand their ability to analyze dried shark fins and identify the species from which they were removed. This new partnership will...
Predator Is Prey: Sharks Killed For Fins
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Sharks get a bad rap in the media, often portrayed as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters. But there's a profound change going on in the world's oceans, as sharks go from predator to prey.
It's...
Bad Press For Shark Fin Broker Alibaba.com
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Porter Erison and Cristina Spindler are the marketing and PR-executives of Alibaba.com - this is what I wrote to them today:
Dear Porter, dear Cristina:
Toward the end of October 2006 I...
International Ban On Shark Finning Adopted
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The Ocean Conservancy and Defenders of Wildlife have applauded the adoption of an international ban on shark finning by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC).
Finning - the...
Need A Job Helping To Protect Central American Sharks?
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MarViva is a non-governmental, non-profit organization that works jointly with local authorities and communities in order to protect the coastal and marine resources of the Eastern Tropical Pacific...
Chinese Support Shark Conservation, But Still Demand Shark Fin
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There is growing public support in China for shark conservation measures, but little understanding of the role of shark finning in declining shark populations, reveals a survey by WildAid, an...
Chinese Know Little About Shark Conservation-survey
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There is growing public support in China for the need to protect the world's dwindling shark population, but little understanding about the connection between conservation and shark finning,...
Call To Ban Shark Finning At Sea
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Fisheries should be banned from cutting fins off sharks while still at sea, to stem a dramatic decline in their populations, scientists and conservationists warned yesterday.
The move would close...
EU Shark Ban Ineffective
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The European Union's shark finning regulations are hopelessly inadequate, allowing vast numbers of sharks to be killed, finned and dumped at sea in secret, a report by a conservation group said on...
DNA Testing Reveals Illegal Trade Of Basking Shark Fins
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hark from further population declines, a new study published in the current on-line edition of Animal Conservation reports that the world's second largest fish is still being killed for its...
DNA Testing Reveals Continued, Illegal Trade In Fins Of Endangered Basking Sharks
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Despite regulations by some countries to protect the behemoth basking shark from further population declines, a new study published in the current on-line edition of Animal Conservation reports...
This Earth Day, Remember The Deep-sea
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The goblin shark (shown here) and the frill shark are two of the rarest and deepest dwelling of sharks. Only two of each species have been taken in North America EVER. That's why researcher Jose...
Save The Sharks
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In August 1999, I was a 19-year-old photographer on assignment to photograph sharks in the Galapagos Islands. Instead of filming the creatures in all their majesty, I wound up releasing dying...
Ten Vietnamese Fishermen 'Caught In The Act' Of Shark Finning Off Palawan
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Personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) arrested 10 Vietnamese fishermen who were caught poaching within the Philippine waters off an island in Balabac, Palawan, aboard a...
Shark-fin Industry Puts Species Under Threat
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I am grateful to Sara Valentin for bringing attention to yet another establishment which sees no wrong in offering shark-fin products to its customers (See Woo restaurant, Going Out, March 22)....
Shark Finning On The Frontier
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The following piece was written by Shawn Heinrichs, who won first place in the 2nd Annual Wetpixel & DivePhotoGuide International Underwater Photo & Video Competition at Our World...
Saving Them From The Fire
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Manila Restaurants Abolish Endangered Dishes. Shark fin Siomai. Turtle Soup. Chilean Sea Bass. Three of many dishes widely served in local and international restaurants. Delicious perhaps....
CHINA - Take Shark's Fin Soup Off Menu For Olympics
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Shark's fin soup should be removed from the menu at Chinese official banquets to prevent damage to the country's image during the Olympic Games next year, according to a lawmaker Tuesday....
Coast Guard Seizes Mexican Fishing Boat
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The U.S. Coast Guard seized a Mexican fishing boat carrying tons of shark and an undisclosed number of shark fins after the vessel was spotted Sunday allegedly poaching 11 miles inside U.S....
Shark Slaughter In Yemen
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Marine environmental group Project AWARE foundation has appealed to the Yemeni government to take action against shark fishing, after it received reports about systematic shark slaughter taking...
You Can Help - Petition Against Shark Finning!
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Alibaba.com is one of the largest online traders of seafood and other products, especially shark fin - without regards to source or sustainability. The practice of shark finning, where a shark is...
Mexico Passes Shark Finning Ban
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In a surprising move, the Mexican government has recently published sweeping new regulations and protections for sharks, including a shark finning ban, an extension of the moratorium on new...
Australia - Macho Shark Slaughterers Everywhere
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One of our underwater.com.au members alerted me to this story and yes there have been way to many crazt stories like this in the press lately.
Jo's words on this topic:
Many more similar...
Wildlife Organisation Urges Chinese To Avoid Endangered Seafood
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LOOKING for that sumptuous dining experience as Chinese New Year approaches? TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network, says that by avoiding or carefully sourcing certain foods, such as...
Shark Finning - You CAN Make A Difference
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A family who boycotted their favourite Chinese restaurant because it served shark fin soup is celebrating after it was taken off the menu.
The Oxtoby family, who are keen scuba divers, made their...
Wetpixel & Divester Readers Adopt Cut-Tail, The Great White Shark
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Established in 1997, the Shark Trust promotes the study, management, and conservation of sharks, skates, and rays. Working through scientifically-supported campaigns, research, and education...
New Raja Empat Eco-Resort Update
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We have been following the developments and progress of the new Misool Eco Resort, which would be only the 2nd land based resort in the entire Raja Empat region. This update includes some images of...
Amazon.com Pulls Shark Fin Products From Inventory
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Victory! Today, Amazon has pulled all shark fin related products from their offering. No official statement has yet been made by the company; however it appears that they have chosen the...
Photographers & Conservationsists Fight Shark Fin Supporters
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The ongoing saga continues with Alibaba.com supporting the destructive and cruel practice of shark finning.
Our friend, Michael Aw, a professional photographer from Australia, has posted the...
Now Amazon Is Selling Shark Fin Cartilage Powder
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We mentioned last week that Amazon was carrying shark fin soup through third-party vendors Roland and Pacific Rim Gourmet. Amazon has since dropped Pacific Rim's product, but has continued to sell...
Sea Shepherd Calls For A Ban Of Alibaba.com's Listings Supporting The Shark Fin Trade
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Alibaba.com, one of the largest online trading companies in the world, is offering shark related products mostly in the form of fins. In a recent newsletter published by the Shark Research...
Amazon *Still* Selling Shark Fin Soup?!
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Yesterday, after numerous complaints from DivePhotoGuide, Divester, Wetpixel, Fins, and other sites about their peddling shark fin soup, Amazon pulled the product from its pages. However,...
Video: Shark Finning In Raja Empat
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Local fisherman in Raja Ampat, Indonesia after a day or shark finning. Fins are drying on the deck while the bodies of juvenile black tips roll on the shallow reef below the boat. The fisherman...
Colombian Navy Trains Its Sights On Shark Hunters
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Anti-drugs taskforce is fighting a new war against the irregular and growing trade in fins. A single bowl of some varieties of shark fin soup can sell for over $150 in top Chinese restaurants....
Amazon.com Carrying Shark Fin Soup?
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I read about this on one of the online forums. Let's do something about this one guys! Please email Amazon (ir@amazon.com and advantage@amazon.com) and explain how horrible this is - how sharks...
Time To Curb The EU's Appetite For Shark Meat
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Populations of two shark species used for meat and consumed mainly in the European Union are on the verge of collapse, says WWF and TRAFFIC.
The international trade of porbeagle and spiny...
Reef Sharks Threatened By Hunger For Soup
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Southeast Asia's voracious appetite for shark fin soup may be contributing to a dramatic drop in the number of reef sharks in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, a marine scientist says.
Dr Sean...
Florida Fisherman Penalized For Shark Finning
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has issued a $68,000 civil penalty and a 100-day permit sanction to the owner and operator of the fishing vessel Sea Angel for multiple...
The Great (White) Debate
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A few days ago I came across this post by Doctor Mark Hyman touting the medicinal properties of food. During his recent trip to China, the doctor was "treated" to the "delicacy"...
Small Step Toward Shark Conservation
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The Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) decided recently to halt targeted fishing of vulnerable sharks in the Southern Ocean. France proposed...
Sharks At Risk - Take Action To Help
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When you think of sharks - you may think of magnificent ocean creatures that are sleek, fast, and invulnerable. But, sharks are in fact exceptionally vulnerable to fishing because they grow slowly...
More Sharks Than Estimated Killed For Fin Soup
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Up to four times more sharks than previously thought are being slaughtered to fill the increasing demand for shark fin soup, scientists said on Wednesday.
They estimate that each year between 26...
38 Million Sharks Killed For Fins Annually, Experts Estimate
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Some chicken stock, a few mushrooms, chicken breast, scallions, a little sherry, oil, spices-shark fin soup is fairly easy to prepare. But to make soup for six, you'll also need about a pound (half...
Namibia: Seafo Bans Shark Finning
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A regional organisation for the protection of marine resources along the coastlines of Namibia, Angola and South Africa has banned shark finning.
It has also placed a moratorium on all fishing...
"Sharks Are Friends, Not Food" Say Conservative MEPs
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EUROPE'S shark finning laws - which it is claimed allow shark suffering and put many species in danger of extinction - must not be relaxed by Spanish MEPs this week, the Conservative fisheries team...
Up To 73 Million Sharks Killed Yearly For Fin Soup
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A new study by Miami's Pew Institute for Ocean Science shows that the number of sharks in the ocean is declining drastically thanks in part to the demand for shark fin soup.
The Pew Institute...
EU Shark Vote Will Be Crucial
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CONSERVATIONISTS are pointing to the importance of a vote in a week's time in the European Parliament on the tightening or weakening of the European regulation on shark finning.
The debate is set...
Swim With Sharks, Then Eat Them
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Starhub, one of Singapore's leading telecommunications, television and internet providers, recently sent out a promotional package which includes a seemingly contradictory message.
On the one...
Shark Alliance Calls Upon European Union Nations To End Shark Finning
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The Pew Charitable Trusts has launched "Shark Alliance," an international coalition of non-government organizations dedicated to the science-based conservation of sharks. The "Shark...
Poor Publicity And Taste For The Exotic Put Sharks On Danger List
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Sharks face a grave risk of extinction because the ruling body on European fishing is attempting to weaken the restrictions on finning, conservationists say.
The Shark Alliance, which includes...
New Worry Voiced Over Shark Conservation
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Launching a report today over the "dangerous decline" in shark populations caused they say by European fishing policy, the newly formed Shark Alliance expressed "dismay" at the...
Conservation Group Targets Euro MPs Over Shark Deaths
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CONSERVATION group Oceana is concerned that the European Parliament may support a proposal to encourage the illegal practice of shark finning in the European Union
The international marine...
New EU 'finning Report' Threatens Sharks
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An international marine conservation organisation is concerned for the welfare of sharks following the potential support of 'shark finning' within the European Union.
The marine conservation...
DNA Testing Now Used To Nab Illegal Shark Fin Traders
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Federal enforcement agents spotted the suspicious bag while touring the building of a New York seafood dealer on a routine visit. Amid a half-ton of shark fins destined for Asia and the delicacy of...
Brooklyn, NY Fish Dealer Admits Shark Violations
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A fish dealer has agreed to pay a $750,000 fine after admitting it bought shark meat without a federal permit and possessed fins from seven protected species.
In settling the case with the...
Indonesian Fishing Boat Found In Australian Waters
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Another Indonesian fishing boat has been brought into Darwin Harbour after being caught operating in Australia's northern waters.
A Customs spokesman says the shark finning boat with seven crew...
NOAA Penalizes North Carolina Fishermen $98,500 For Violations
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of General Counsel for Enforcement and Litigation has assessed a $98,500 civil penalty and a 90-day permit sanction against the owners...
$500 For Fins: Tiger Shark Pregnant With 40 Young Snared, Slaughtered By Fisherman Off Brunei
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It was the catch of the day for two Indonesian fishermen, Muji and Kastan, when they hauled back a 500-kilogramme pregnant Tiger Shark to Jerudong shore from Champion 7...
New Shark Species Discovered In The Sea Of Cortez; 'Mustelus Hacat'
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Mexican marine biologist has discovered a new shark species in the murky depths of Mexico's Sea of Cortez, the first new shark find in the wildlife-rich inlet in 34 years...
Research To Target Threatened Whale Shark
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A Western Australian Government research program is hoping to find out more about threatened species the whale shark.
The shark is targeted by Indonesian fisheries for its fins...
Galapagos Tour Operator Banned For Two Months Following Illegal Shark Fishing
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The regulatory authority of the Galapagos National Park suspended Celebrity Xpeditions from operating tours in the Galapagos Islands for two months as a consequence of an illegal shark-fishing...
Hidden Cost Of Shark Fin Soup
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Shark finning articles are becoming more mainstream. The NY Times has an article about shark fishing in Manta, Ecuador, a location I have been to and documented as well. It's a well-written...
'Air Jaws' Photographers Make Desperate Plea For South Africa's Dwindling Shark Population
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To all involved in the battle against shark finning.
Mozambiquean colleagues of ours sent us yet again more disturbing images of finning taking place on an ongoing basis. We are getting similar...
Breakthrough Chip Delivers Better Digital Pictures For Less Power
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The next advance in cameras is becoming a reality at the University of Rochester. Imaging chips revolutionized the photography industry, and now the chips themselves are being revolutionized. A...
Illegal Shark Hunters Use Hit-and-run Tactics
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A new Indonesian fleet of more than 400 speedboats is taking thousands of sharks from northern Australian waters, and is behind a recent upsurge in illegal fishing.
An Australian Government...
International Commission Bans Shark Finning In The Eastern Pacific
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Late last week, the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) adopted an international ban on shark finning in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The lucrative market for "shark fin soup" is the...
What Message Is Disney Sending To Kids? Stop Serving Shark Fin Soup Now!
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Michael Aw writes "Imagine shark fins to be the hand and legs of Mickey Mouse; chop them off and throw the lame struggling body of Mickey on the side walk to die a slow painful death!. That is...
Disneyland China To Serve Shark Fin Soup
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Disney - which claims to be environmentally friendly - is "making a mistake of the highest order'' in serving shark fin soup to high-paying guests at wedding banquets, warned leading...
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