California's proposed shark fin ban stirs up debate over global politics of culinary delicacies

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I think banning shark finning and shark fin soup is an excellent piece of legislature. I know here in Australia we have small fishing boats from Indonesia that come into our waters to catch shark. They then dispose of the rest of the body and only keep the fin which they can sell for more money. At the same time they say they need to continue to do this because their families will starve if they stop. Well how about eating the rest of the fish!! Seeing there is no way of stopping the supply then at least try and kill the demand. For the same reason fishermen should be allowed to sell by-catch - don't waste the resouces we have - they are finite!

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