Very bad news! Asian nations on Tuesday blocked U.S.-backed proposals to protect the heavily fished hammerhead and oceanic whitetip sharks on concerns that regulating the booming trade in fins could hurt poor coastal nations.
The hammerhead and whitetip sharks are heavily fished for their prized fins, with the carcasses often discarded.
China, Indonesia and other nations that benefit from the trade in shark fins joined the opposition to the proposals arguing that trade restrictions were not the answer and would be difficult to apply.
Knowing that these poor sharks usually get thrown back in the water alive, after their fins have been cut off, this is horrible news indeed.
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