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Friday Victories: Fins and All

Posted by emily | Friday, June 20, 2008 at 3:09pm

It's Friday, the weather's beautiful here at Oceana HQ in DC, and we have two positive developments in ocean news to report:

1.) The National Marine Fisheries Service has announced new rules that will require federal shark fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico to land sharks with their fins still naturally attached.

Categories: Marine Life, Overfishing | Keywords: friday, pacific tuna ban, shark fin soup, shark finning, sharks, victories
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