"New York politicians voted last month
to ban all commerce related to shark fin products. The bill now awaits the
governor's signature before New York becomes the eighth U.S. state to instigate
a ban. But in Texas, a similar ban was passed in the state's House of
Representatives but received insufficient support to go forward for a Senate
vote. Senators said that while shark finning is already against federal law,
fishermen should remain able to sell any parts of sharks which are brought
ashore whole. As it stands, general trade in shark fin products, whether caught
in legal fashion by Texan fisheries or imported from abroad, still remains legal
in that state for the time being." (Source: "Undercurrents", 16/6/13)
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