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Toronto bans possession, consumption and sale of shark fins
The Toronto City Council has approved a ban on shark fins. The New York Times is reporting that Toronto City Council has voted to ban the sale, possession and consumption of shark fin and shark fin...
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Forbes article on removal of shark fin soup from hotel menus
Forbes has an article about The Peninsula Hotel chain’s recent announcement that shark fin soup will be removed from the menus of all eight of its luxury hotels on January 1, 2012. The chain includes...
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San Francisco chef creates faux shark fin soup
Fin-free "shark fin" soup According to an article from The New Yorker, San Franciso chef Corey Lee has created his version of “shark fin soup” that doesn’t use shark fins in the recipe. Lee worked with...
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Feigenholtz proposes bill to ban shark fins in Illinois
Proposed Shark Fin Ban Update A representative from the Center for Oceanic Awareness, Research, and Education (COARE) has informed me that HB4119 was drafted by COARE and is being supported by the...
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Illinois shark fin ban passes in the state House
House passes HB4119 The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that the Illinois “shark fin ban” bill (HB4119) was passed by the state House of Representatives yesterday with a vote of 81-33, after going...
View ArticleShark fin ban approved by Illinois Senate, headed to governor
BusinessWeek is reporting that the Illinois Senate approved the “shark fin ban” bill on Tuesday, by a vote of 41-13. The bill now goes before Governor Pat Quinn. If signed into law, a ban on the...
View ArticleBritish Columbia’s Port Moody moves to ban shark fins
According to The Province the town council of Port Moody, B.C. has unanimously approved a ban on shark fins. The ban prohibits the possession, sale, and trade of shark fin products. The Province goes...
View ArticleGameloft’s Shark Dash teams up with Shark Week and WildAid
Gameloft’s Shark Dash has teamed up with Discovery and WildAid to offer “exclusive content” for the Shark Dash video game. The collaboration is taking on a shark conservation theme with an...
View ArticleImages of shark fins on Hong Kong rooftop stir up controversy
The ReutersTV YouTube Channel recently posted a brief “Rough Cuts” feature on recent images of a shark fins being dried on a rooftop in Hong Kong that have caused anger among both local and...
View Article“The Story of Sharks” stop-motion animation short film
YouTube user CEI Bahamas recently posted “The Story of Sharks,” a stop-motion animation video that addresses the role that sharks play in the marine ecosystem. The educational short-film, written and...
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