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As the European Parliament debates the future of the EU ban on shark ‘finning', conservation groups, divers, scientists and other members of the public in Germany are highlighting the strong public support for shark conservation.
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The UK is a strong supporter for closing the loopholes in the EU ban on shark ‘finning'. Earlier this year, the UK Fisheries Minister, Richard Benyon, received the petition and photos from European Shark Week. He has published an article explaining why he supports a policy of ‘fins attached' and stronger conservation and management measures.
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As Europe enters the final stages of debate on a proposal to close the loopholes in the shark finning ban, find out what finning is, why the current regulation isn't good enough and why conservationists, scientists, and an increasing number of countries in the EU and beyond support a policy of ‘fins attached' with no exceptions.
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GUAM - Fishing nations of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) have agreed to protect the oceanic whitetip shark based on a proposal from the United States, while an Australian proposal to ban the intentional setting of purse seine nets on whale sharks (to catch associated aggregations of tuna) has been stalled by Japan.
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This April, Project AWARE Foundation and its global movement of divers are pulling out all the stops for sharks during the Big Shark Shout Out - a shark month of action aimed at protecting sharks from overexploitation, overfishing, finning and bycatch.
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The Shark Alliance welcomes the EU Council of Fisheries Ministers March 19 decision to adopt a position in favour of the European Commission's proposal to strengthen the EU finning ban by requiring that all sharks be landed with their ‘fins naturally attached'. Only Spain and Portugal opposed this move.
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As the European Parliament debates proposed amendments for the EU finning regulation, two new peer reviewed papers to be published in the Journal of Fish Biology examine shark fin-to-carcass ratios and the impact this has for enforcing finning bans.
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As Europe debates the future of the EU ban on shark ‘finning', the Shark Trust shows the UK Fisheries Minister the strength of public support from the Great British Public for closing the loopholes.
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Dr Shelley Clarke talks to the Shark Alliance about her research on the fin trade.
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BRUSSELS: Shark Alliance representatives were on hand this week as the European Parliament Fisheries Committee considered and debated for the first time the European Commission's proposal to close major loopholes in the EU ban on shark finning (slicing off a shark's fins and discarding the body at sea).
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Today, as part of the European Parliament's considerations of the European Commission's proposal to strengthen the EU ban on shark finning (slicing off a shark's fins and discarding the body at sea), Mr. Andrea Zanoni, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Environment and MEP of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, introduces a report that reinforces the Commission's legislative proposal to end all shark fin removal on .....
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Shark Alliance briefings for Members of the European Parliament and national officials on the Commission's proposal for an amended EU finning regulation
are now available.
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On January 21st 2012, Spain's Official State Bulletin published Order AAA/75/2012 announcing the inclusion of nine shark and ray species in the List of Wild Species under Special Protection. Inclusion in the list delivers on commitments made by Spain as a party to the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean.
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