NOAA Partners With US Fish & Wildlife Service To Curb Shark Finning

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 support efforts to curtail shark finning, the practice of removing a sharkus fins at sea and throwing the carcass overboard. Shark finning is prohibited in federal waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. uA…aˆ?NOAA is pleased to partner with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in this effort to promote the protection and conservation of marine resources,uA‚A? said John H. Dunnigan, NOAAus assistant administrator for the National Ocean Service. uA…aˆ?This new collaboration will greatly improve our ability to aid law enforcement in determining whether protected shark species are being harvested for fins.uA‚A?...