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Chinese-Americans Challenge Shark Fin Ban in California
Published on 19 Jul, 2012 at 19:52 in Conservation & Fishery, Front Page, Shark Trade | Viewed times | 5 Comments
California's ban on possession and sale of shark fins is discriminatory and unconstitutional, the Chinatown Neighborhood Association claims in Federal Court. Joining the nonprofit Chinatown Neighborhood Association as plaintiff is Asian Americans for Political Advancement, a political action committee. They sued California's governor, attorney general and the director of the state Department of Fish and Game.
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Removes Shark Fin from Menus
Published on 19 Jul, 2012 at 12:30 in Conservation & Fishery, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
Press Release Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Wed, Jul 18, 2012 Move supports the luxury hotel brand’s Sustainable Seafood policy TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire -07/18/12)- Fairmont Hotels & Resorts today announced that it has formally removed shark fin from all of its hotel menus in Asia, effective immediately. The move, which also spans the luxury hotel brand’s global
US Atlantic Dogfish Fishery Close to MSC Certification
Published on 18 Jul, 2012 at 11:04 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
The United States Atlantic Fishery for Spiny Dogfis.h Marine Stewardship Council Certification. Certification Body: Moody Marine Ltd. Announcement of Determination and Release of the Final Report for Stakeholder Consultation.
Calgary city council to draft shark fin ban bylaw
Published on 16 Jul, 2012 at 20:11 in Conservation & Fishery, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
July 16, 2012 Calgary city council has voted 13-2 to draw up a bylaw to ban the distribution and sale of shark fins. The City of Calgary City Clerk’s Office NOTICE OF MOTION NM 2012-32 2012 07 16 RE: Shark Finning Alderman Pincott WHEREAS, The City of Calgary is a recognized leader in environmental
New FAO Report: The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2012
Published on 12 Jul, 2012 at 11:05 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
FAO Media Centre Fisheries and aquaculture – enabling a vital sector to contribute more FAO releases new State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture report 9 July 2012, Rome – Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture play a crucial role in food and nutrition security and in providing for the livelihoods of millions of people. FAO’s latest flagship
Oceana: Threatened sharks and rays granted critical protection in the Mediterranean
Published on 12 Jul, 2012 at 3:47 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Shark Trade | Viewed times | 1 Comment
Press Release Oceana July 11, 2012 Ten species – including hammerheads, tope, and shortfin mako – will now be strictly protected under the Barcelona Convention Oceana is extremely pleased that the EU has finally voted in favour of strictly protecting ten threatened species of sharks and rays in the Mediterranean Sea, under the Barcelona Convention.
Shark Motion presented to the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
Published on 11 Jul, 2012 at 19:10 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Front Page, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
Motion M037 presented to the 2012 IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea. M037 Conservation measures for threatened and Near Threatened sharks. ACKNOWLEDGING the increasing concern by the international community that many shark species are threatened and are continuing to decline because of unregulated fishing and bycatch;
UK cannot take action to ban shark fin imports
Hansard – UK House of Commons debates Written Answers to Questions Monday 25 June 2012 House of Commons Commission ( … ) Sharks: Conservation Question by Graham Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what consideration she has given to banning shark fin imports. Answer by Richard Benyon
CITES Notification: Inclusion of Scalloped Hammerhead and Porbeagle Shark in Appendix III
Published on 1 Jul, 2012 at 10:56 in Conservation & Fishery, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA NOTIFICATION TO THE PARTIES No. 2012/044 Geneva, 27 June 2012 CONCERNING: Inclusion of species in Appendix III and corrections to the Appendices 1. In accordance with the provisions of Article XVI, paragraph 1, of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the Shark Finning Regulation
Published on 28 Jun, 2012 at 3:00 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee on the ‘Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1185/2003 on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels’ COM(2011) 798 final — 2011/0364 (COD) (2012/C 181/34) Rapporteur: Mr Espuny MOYANO 21.6.2012 Official Journal of the
The UK takes another step to protect endangered sharks
Published on 19 Jun, 2012 at 11:17 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Shark Trade | Viewed times | 2 Comments
News Release Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) 18 June 2012 Endangered sharks will be given greater protection following the signing of an international agreement on the conservation of sharks, Fisheries Minister Richard Benyon announced today. The agreement, the first of its kind to address the global conservation of sharks, was signed by
UN Secretary-General urges countries to protect marine environment
Published on 8 Jun, 2012 at 19:48 in Conservation & Fishery, Fishery Management, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
On World Oceans Day, Ban urges countries to protect marine environment UN News Centre 08. June 2012 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged countries to boost their efforts to protect the world’s oceans, which are threatened by overfishing, toxic waste, and climate change. “We must do more for our world’s oceans, which are threatened
An open letter concerning the unsustainability of shark finning
White Shark Conservation Trust 29. May 2012 As a conservation organisation, we would like to express our concern about the recent misinformation perpetuated in the national and international media asserting that the shark fin trade is sustainable. The reality is that this vast trade is largely unmanaged and unmonitored, and that the shark fin
NGOs Join New York City Council Member to Protect Sharks and Oceans
Published on 18 May, 2012 at 5:10 in Conservation & Fishery, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
Shark Advocates Join New York City Council Member Margaret Chin to Rally for State Legislation to Protect Sharks and Oceans Council resolution calls for end to cruel and unsustainable shark fin trade. May 17, 2012 Oceana, WildAid, NRDC, Defenders of Wildlife, Shark Savers, Born Free USA, COARE, Shark Research Institute A coalition of animal welfare, environmental
Environmental Groups Press Release on Costa Rican CITES Proposal
Published on 1 May, 2012 at 3:16 in Conservation & Fishery, Shark Trade | Viewed times | No Comments
Joint Media Release Environmental and Humane Groups Praise Costa Rica for Groundbreaking Proposal on the International Protection of Hammerhead Sharks SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (April 25, 2012)—Humane Society International, Defenders of Wildlife, and Teyeliz, A.C. commended Costa Rica for taking the lead in the international protection of oceanic wildlife by listing the Sphyrna lewini species