NDP bill to prohibit import of shark fins

Press Release by the New Democratic Party (NDP), Canada, 08. December 2011 OTTAWA – Legislation to prohibit the import of shark fins, often illegally caught using inhumane methods, was introduced today by Official Opposition Fisheries and Oceans Critic Fin Donnelly (New Westminster-Coquitlam). “With millions of sharks being killed each year just for their fins, this