GOOD NEWS FROM THE EU: "As of tomorrow, Saturday, all sharks caught in European waters or by European vessels will have to be landed with their fins still naturally attached...[this] ends nearly a decade of battle by conservation groups to close several enforcement loopholes that had weakened the previous EU policy. In particular, an exemption used only by Spain and Portugal had allowed some vessels to remove shark fins at sea, which made it extremely difficult even to detect when finning had occurred." fishupdate/news/fullstory.php/aid/19841/EU_SHARK_FINNING_BAN_COMES_INTO_EFFECT.html
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 12:41:41 +0000