Note: Content abstracted from Shanghai Daily. A Chinese lawmaker has proposed that the country’s top legislature should ban the trade of shark fin, a high-end delicacy consumed by wealthy people in China and East Asia. Click here to read the full article.
Note: Content abstracted Bush Warriors. Sharks have been gaining a lot of press lately, especially in the political arena. While huge steps are being taken by more and more governments to protect these marine apex predators, sharks continue to be killed on a daily basis. Click here to read the full article.
Note: Content abstracted from SharkSavers website. Following the passing of the shark fin ban in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on January 26th, Guam is making progress on its own bill. On February 24th, the legislature of Guam, another US territory in the Pacific, voted unanimously to also ban the shark fin trade…
Note: Content abstracted from SharkSavers Washington State SB 5688: Following a public hearing on February 14, Washington State Senate Bill 5688 was ammended and passed by the Natural Resources & Marine Waters. The substitute bill may be downloaded here. The bill now proceeds to the Rules Committee. No further action or testimony is asked for…
Sharks tend to get bad press anyway but, in a market like Hong Kong, it can sometimes seem like shark conservation is a lost cause. But we at HKSF believe that the tide really is turning against shark-fin… more and more people, both in Hong Kong and around the world, are showing their support for…
Since it opened in 2010, Coast has already made a splash on the environmental scene. A first for a restaurant/bar in Hong Kong, the interiors and fit-out were awarded a Bronze LEED certification by the US Green Building Council (LEED = Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)! Next, the team set about sourcing a fully sustainable seafood menu.…
Correct fishing, not food, is issue I refer to the letter by Claire Garner of the HK Shark Foundation (‘Group does not focus on fins’, February 24) in reply to my letter (‘Fins a side issue in shark fishing’, February 11). She confirmed the HK Shark Foundation is opposed to any shark products being used…
Group does not focus on fins Ricky Leung seeks to reframe the shark fishing debate into one around economics rather than sustainability (‘Fins a side issue in shark fishing’, February 11). Tens of millions of sharks are taken annually, a figure that is unsustainable whether it is for Europeans eating the meat or Chinese consuming…
Fins a side issue in shark fishing Claire Garner from the Hong Kong Shark Foundation claims that sharks are fished primarily to sell their fins and not their meat (‘Shark’s fin campaign is about sustainable fishing, not culture’, January 22). The distinction is important. If sharks are fished mainly for their meat, the fins are…
Shark Conservation Group Launches Global Campaign on Facebook Conservationists, NGOs and thousands of individuals are now heating up Facebook in a massive shark conservation campaign requesting supporters to change their Facebook profile picture to that of a traditional paper cut with the Chinese New Year message asking people to celebrate Chinese New Year without shark…
