June 8th World Ocean Day
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FIS.com: New York advances shark fin trade ban, 6 June 2012
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 – 22 May 2012
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,…
Marine Scientist letter presentation- “Forty Top Global Scientists Urge HK Legislators to Take Actions to Save Sharks”
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…
TimeOut Hong Kong: “20 People Changing The Way We Eat & Drink”, Issue 103
Bertha Lo-Hofford & Alex Hofford from HKSF on a special feature about “20 People Changing The Way We Eat & Drink” – out now in TimeOut Hong Kong, Issue 103.
SCMP: Case builds against shark fin, 4 March 2012
Delicacy linked to neurodegenerative diseases is another health risk to consumers already facing mercury hazard and criticism from conservationists Adrian Wan 04, March 2012 Besides protecting the ecosystem, there may be another reason to avoid eating shark fin – your health. The fins contain a high dose of a neurotoxin linked to neurodegenerative diseases, researchers…
Oriental Daily HK: Hundreds of Thousands Shark Fin on the Street, 6 Mar 2012
Translation extracted from facebook (provided by Jools Farrell) “Ten thousand shark’s fin covered with Street Western District tourist hot spots “seafood street” adjacent to an unexpected shark fins drying yard, smell the sky tourism blemish. Outside the Western Wholesale Food Market, a few days ago was nearly ten thousand shark’s fin covered with a length of…
SCMP: Endangered seafood on many luxury hotel menus, 28 January 2012
Green group says 80pc of city’s upscale hotels are still serving shark fin and other threatened marine species, and most diners are Hongkongers Jennifer Cheng Jan 28, 2012 Many luxury hotels in the city still include endangered marine species on their seafood menus – and it’s not just shark’s fin soup, a conservation group says.…
HKSF research report on Hong Kong hotels serving endangered marine species
Over the summer of 2011, HKSF completed a snapshot survey of Hong Kong’s leading hotels, investigating how many of them were serving endangered marine species on their menus. The summary research report was published in November 2011, by which time, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Group (owner of Hong Kong’s Peninsula Hotel and Repulse…
