Shark Fin Finale in Brussels

17. September 2012

Crucial Vote on Finning Regulation this Wednesday in European Parliament

After six years of work, the Shark Alliance is sharply focused on the Members of European Parliament (MEPs) that serve on the European Parliament Fisheries Committee as they meet in Brussels to vote on the European Commission’s proposal to close major loopholes in the EU ban on shark finning (slicing off a shark’s fins and discarding the body at sea). The Committee Rapporteur, backed by industry, is still aggressively pushing amendments that would gut the Commission’s sound proposal and make a mockery of the process by widening rather than closing glaring loopholes in the EU finning regulation.

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The sharks have been waiting a long time for this!

13. September 2012

The Shark Alliance today published an advert on the back page of the European Voice newspaper urging MEPs on the Fisheries Committee to join the growing chorus calling to amend the EU ban on shark finning.

After six years of debate, today's call for action comes before the Parliament Fisheries Committee meeting on 19th September where MEPs will vote on MEP Patroa Neves' report and amendments before it is submitted to a vote in plenary in October.

The Shark Alliance is urging MEPs to remember commitments and vote for sharks to be landed with their fins naturally attached - with no exceptions!

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MSC-Zertifizierung von US-Dornhaifischereien

04. September 2012

Statement of Concern

Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of Northeast U.S. fisheries for spiny dogfish sharks (Squalus acanthias)

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