EU tackles shark finning loopholes

MEPs: Brussels’ progress in fulfilling pledges to strengthen the shark finning ban has been slow.

Members of the European Parliament have launched an initiative to press for strengthening the EU ban on shark ‘finning’ – the practice of slicing off a shark’s fins and discarding the carcass at sea.

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