BIG NEWS! Last week it was Sir Richard Branson. This week, Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan added her name to our letter asking the Hong Kong government to remove shark fin from all public sector banquet menus. Check out the long list of esteemed individuals, green groups and marine conservation groups who have all…
English Translation: Rachel Vickerstaff is a permanent resident of HKSAR, where she lives with her husband and two wonderful daughters. In 2008, after watching the documentary Sharkwater, she determined to try to do something about the world’s shark fin crisis and became a co-founder of the Hong Kong Shark Foundation www.hksharkfoundation.org Shark Fin: A question…
To read media coverage, please click links below: In English: South China Morning Post: Susan Jung: How a restaurant’s name landed me soup In Chinese: 頭條日報: 反翅團體抗食肆 大型廣告對著幹 蘋果日報: 環團轟富聲高調賣魚翅 明報 (轉至新浪香港): 鯊魚裝示威反食翅
Rachel Vickerstaff from Hong Kong Shark Foundation being interviewed by September issue of “Baccarat” Magazine on views of protecting a fast-declining marine life population.
Statement of Concern Re: Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of Northeast U.S. fisheries for spiny dogfish sharks (Squalus acanthias) Background In August 2012, the MSC certified as “sustainable” U.S. federal and state (Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina) longline, gillnet, and trawl fisheries taking spiny dogfish off the Northeast United…
Cathay to Restrict Shark-Fin Shipments By JASON CHOW Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. joined the growing corporate movement against the shark-fin trade, following several luxury-hotel companies and supermarket chains. The Hong Kong-based carrier said Wednesday it would “stop shipping unsustainably sourced sharks and shark-related products.” “There is very compelling scientific evidence to support that this is the right thing to…
Cathay Pacific bans shark fin from its cargo flights Airline bows to pressure from environmental groups, who hail the decision as a major victory Wednesday, 05 September, 2012, 12:00am Simon Parry Caption: Hong Kong is estimated to handle about half the world’s shark fin trade each year. Photo: Felix Wong Cathay Pacific has…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2012-09-05 WORLDWIDE COALITION OF CONSERVATION GROUPS HAIL THE LEADERSHIP OF CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS HONG KONG — Nearly 50 marine and shark conservation groups have united to applaud Cathay Pacific’s decision to ban the transportation of shark and shark-related products on all its flights. The groups now call upon all other airlines to…
A new analysis by the Pew Environment Group, Navigating Global Shark Conservation Measures: Current Measures and Gaps, compiles existing management measures for sharks, highlights their inadequacies, and makes recommendations for improvements. The following is a summary of that analysis. Sharks have been swimming the world’s oceans for more than 400 million years. But today, shark populations…
ROME (AP) — A pro-environment group says the world’s shark populations are in worse trouble than previously thought. The Pew Environment Group is cautioning in a report that the actual global catch of sharks might be up to four times higher than official U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization statistics. The report says Hong Kong’s shark…
