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Taiwan Tries to Slow Shark-finning

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Jul 18, 2011
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Taiwan next year is set to become the first Asian country to seek to slow the annual slaughter of millions of sharks for shark’s fin soup.

It is hardly a perfect measure. After years of pressure from environmental groups, on July 10 Taiwan's Fishery Agency says it will ban fishermen from bringing dismembered sharks into port. An outright moratorium on sh…

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