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EU Proposes Ban on Shark Finning


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Charlie Dunmore

Source: Reuters

November 21, 2011

 

"The European Union's executive Monday proposed a blanket ban on shark finning, in which the fins are sliced off sharks, often while they are alive, and their carcasses dumped in the sea.

 

The European Commission presented draft legislation forbidding shark finning by all vessels fishing in EU waters, and all EU-registered vessels operating anywhere in the world.

 

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