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It was on shark finning, and I felt really strongly about this issue.

That's why there's so much finning and killing of sharks going on without the general public taking notice.

John Hannon explores the history and politics of shark finning, as part of his report on the practice and its future in California.

I asked Jim what he thought about the Congressional move and he pointed out that the Act allows for finning of smooth dogfish shark.

Now, finning is the act of taking a shark, cutting the valuable fins off and throwing the live animal back in the water.

Environmental groups claim shark finning in Northern Territory waters is being carried out by boats operating out of Darwin Harbour.

Finning is the practice of cutting the fins off sharks and throwing the animals back into the sea to die.

The big fish had drifted a few feet downstream and lay there finning slowly in the clear water.

The greatest threat to the grey nurse shark is from fishing and accidental hooking, and shark finning .

A ban on shark finning in UK waters is to be introduced by the government, ministers will announce this week.

In an Asian first, Taiwan will prohibit fishermen from shark finning at sea beginning in 2012, Al Jazeera reported.

The scalloped hammerhead is under threat due to fishing pressures and in particular is a victim of shark finning.

A meeting in Brussels on Thursday drew up an action plan on "finning" , which results in the deaths of the sharks.

In an effort to prevent finning, Taiwan will ban fishermen from bringing in dismembered sharks.

Shark finning was banned by the EU in 2003 but loopholes in the legislation have allowed fishing boats in UK waters to continue finning.

To satisfy the growing market, some fishermen have taken to finning sharks.

"Nor do they realize the cruelty of the finning process" Yao said.

Finning these species is officially banned by the EU.

I do three or four strips after that where we explore the finning issue and the shark fin soup issue.

Every year tens of millions of sharks die a slow death because of finning.

and if you know some western ocean museum Chinese production shark fin cans, still can have such a good appetite finning sludge meal;

For example, governments could use DNA-derived finning data to develop quotas to prevent overfishing.