Shark Finning Banned in US

Did you know that 73 million sharks are killed just for their fins every year?! Hopefully this new law will reduce that number significantly. What is amazing is that The Shark Conservation Act allows the North Carolina dogfish fishery to continue. That concession was made so that Senator Richard Burr would vote for it. I didn't think that was legal... The fishery currently accounts for ~1% of all shark fishing in the world but their share will certainly go up when they are the only fishermen allowed to hunt them. That smells a little fishy ... :)