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In First for Asia, Taiwan to Ban Shark Finning
Taiwan’s luxury hotels have no interest in taking shark-fin soup off the menu. But in the wake of the hotels’ defiance, Taiwan has decided to ban the practice of shark finning!
Taiwan bans shark finning
Taiwan, which has the fourth largest shark-fishing industry in the world, has passed a new law to ban shark-finning. The practice of cutting off the fins and throwing the bodies back into the sea has been blamed for the 80 per cent drop in shark popu...
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Fresh off the heels of luxe Hong Kong–based Peninsula Hotels’ banning of the controversial shark-fin ingredient, Taiwan’s swank accommodations have refused to take shark-fin soup off the menu. But it may not matter much, as the island has introduced fishing laws in 2012 to ban shark finning. In doing so, it will be the first Asian government to disallow the practice.
Though just a tiny island off the coast of China, Taiwan has the fourth largest shark-fin industry in the world. (Hong Kong remains the hub.) The law doesn’t stop fisherman from catching sharks entirely, but it does make it illegal to take the fish back in pieces.
The European Commission, which has “banned” finning in E.U. waters, was also recently forced to issue draft legislation to close a loophole within its own rules. Though the sharks can’t be finned, it does allow fisherman to land shark carcasses and their fins as long as they comply with a strict fin-to-carcass weight ratio. If the revised law passes, all sharks must land with their fins attached similar to the contingencies in the Taiwanese legislation.
Though finning would be in theory banned, at least at sea, there are questions raised. There is nothing to stop fisherman from slicing fins off the carcasses once boats land, though carcass load could help reduce the number of shark fins that are able to pass through the island.
I wish I was more knowledgeable on this subject so I could provide more content on this area, but I do ask that you share this article amongst friends to get the word out. Then we can only pray that other countries will worry about losing face and start to remove this hideous product from restaurants and markets alike!
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Marty Ware
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Below I have added a video about Shark Fin soup. This video was created as a school project and is quite good!
SHARK FIN SOUP MOVIE
A project for FIU's Global Environment and Societies class about shark finning. I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY OF THE FOOTAGE, PICTURES, OR AUDIO IN THIS VIDEO. IT IS SIMPLY A SCHOOL PROJECT.
Below is an article I found on Twitter! It's quite in depth and gives us a wider view on the subject!
Humans real predators of the ocean
BYRON Bay's Madison Stewart has spent most of her life with sharks.
Naturally that led to her getting involved with politics.
Ms Stewart, 18, wants people interested in protecting the ocean's assets to lobby the Federal Government to revise fishery management plans because of concerns about dwindling shark numbers.
The Federal Government is taking submissions on whether to extend its approval for the Queensland East Coast Fin Fish Fishery.
The fishery, which stretches into the Great Barrier Reef, is approved until February 28.
Its current management plan allows commercial fishers to catch sharks.
Ms Stewart said the current plan allowed 600 tonnes of shark to be removed from the fishery annually for domestic consumption and export markets in Asia.
The level of shark fishing worries Ms Stewart.
She pointed to recent research from James Cook University that found shark numbers on the Great Barrier Reef were falling because of over-fishing.
She said she was deeply concerned about the future conservation of the Great Barrier Reef's shark population and the impact a reduction in shark numbers could have on the wider marine ecosystem.
"Sharks are apex predators, they control all the species below them and everything in the oceans has a purpose," she said.
"We are killing an estimated 100 million sharks a year worldwide, at a rate so fast the effects are not yet conclusive."
Ms Stewart said she hoped the negative perception of sharks held by some sections of the public would not stop people seeing the crucial role they played in the marine ecosystem.
"I don't need people to love sharks, we just need to recognise the oceans need them and we need the oceans," she said.
"Our fear should not be enough to bring down an entire species. We are the dangerous ones in the oceans.
"The injustices the oceans face are so severe.
"Only recently a tiger shark was killed in shark nets on the Gold Coast.
"It was pregnant with 30 pups, so we lost 31 sharks, and the media merely listed it as a 'monster'."
Ms Stewart said only through the public lobbying the government would it respond to conservationists' concerns.
"The government needs to see that people are in favour of oceans protection, and only then will they do something about it," she said.
Submissions on the fishery plan can be sent to the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities until October 21.
More information about this issue can be found at Ms Stewart's blog: http://elements5.blogspot.com.
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Anything that we can do to save these guys is a big help!
Hay, I am a surfer and I have fear of sharks, but they are a part of the overall ocean and need to be there (top of the food web)
Many thanks
Marty
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