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EU bans all shark finning

The European parliament on Thursday called a definitive halt to shark finning, the long contested practice of fishermen slicing off fins and throwing the live body overboard to drown.

Glass containers filled with shark fins are displayed at a store in San Francisco's Chinatown in 2011. The European parliament on Thursday called a definitive halt to shark finning, the long contested practice of fishermen slicing off fins and throwing the live body overboard to drown.

The EU prohibited shark finning in 2003, but an exemption allowed fishermen with special permits to remove the fins from their carcass out at sea and bring back the remainders or land them in different ports.

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  • dao

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    Discussion 2 : 23 Nov 2012 at 09.132

    Shark fin soup is a tasteless overpriced vanity dish with almost no nutritional value .It isnt impressive to waste money on this .Its silly .

  • robins

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    Discussion 1 : 23 Nov 2012 at 08.131

    Don't these overly sensitive liberals have more pressing problems to deal with, like the state of their economies?

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