On 13 June 2012, representative of the Marine Products Association Charlie Lim wrote to SCMP about local shark conservation groups’ intention to save sharks. HKSF responded to Mr Lim’s letter on 22 June 2012. Click here to read the letters.
To read the letters, please click the links below: Marine Scientists Shark Fin Letter (ENGLISH) 海洋科學家給香港立法會議員的函件（中文） To see media coverage, please click the links below: In English: The Straits Times (Singapore): http://hksharkfoundation.org/sharkfoundationwp-content/uploads/2012/06/The-Strait-Times-05.jpg Today Newspaper (Singapore): http://hksharkfoundation.org/sharkfoundationwp-content/uploads/2012/06/Todayprinted-04.jpg Today Online (Singapore): http://www.todayonline.com/Voices/EDC120611-0000130/The-shark-fin-trade-is-not-sustainable Shark Savers blog: http://sharksavers.org/en/blogs/849-forty-one-leading-scientists-declare-shark-fin-trade-not-sustainable-in-open-letter-presented-to-nmp-fang.html Gulfnews: http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/environment/uae-team-supports-campaign-to-protect-sharks-1.1032410 SCMP: http://hksharkfoundation.org/sharkfoundationwp-content/uploads/2012/06/0506_SCMP.jpg In Chinese: 蘋果日報 (台灣)： http://www.appledaily.com.tw/realtimenews/article/international/20120529/124968/applesearch/ 聯合新聞網： http://udn.com/NEWS/BREAKINGNEWS/BREAKINGNEWS1/7124486.shtml…
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To read media coverage, please click links below: In English: Voice of America: http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Hong-Kong-Activists-Protest-Shark-Fin-Trade-151294975.html In Chinese: 自由時報電子報： http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2012/new/may/14/today-int12.htm?Slots=BInt 爽報： http://www.sharpdaily.hk/article/news/20120514/89510 東方日報： http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20120514/00176_039.html 蘋果日報： http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20120514/16334224
Full article link at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/07/kids-ocean-day-los-angeles_n_1579517.html
The New York Senate Environmental Conservation Committee this week voted in favour of a bill (S.6431) that would ban the trade, sale, possession and distribution of shark fins throughout the state. If the bill is signed into law, New York would become the first East Coast state to…
Forty Top Global Scientists Urge HK Legislators to Take Action to Save Sharks Hong Kong – Forty-one global marine scientists have signed a letter to Hong Kong SAR legislators urging the government take action to protect dwindling populations of shark species and countering recent misinformation alleging the shark fin trade is sustainable. The letter,…
Dear HKSAR Legislator, As professional marine scientists who have personally witnessed and documented the dramatic declines of shark populations around the world, we would like to express our concern about the recent misinformation perpetuated in the media, both Asian and international, asserting that the shark fin trade is sustainable. The reality is that this vast…
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