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Hooray for California, but there’s still much work to be done to save sharks

By David Shiffman, on September 6th, 2011

 

Photo credit: Jessica King, Marine Photobank

Earlier today,  the California legislature voted to approve AB 376,  the excitingly titled “act to add section 2021 to the Fish and Game Code,  relating to sharks”. The ocean conservation community is happy,  and we should be. The bill and its backing from Hollywood stars have generated substantial media coverage of the plight of sharks,  and,  if signed into law by the Governor and properly enforced,  it could well save a lot of sharks. However,  fin bans aren’t the perfect solution to the shark conservation crisis,  and we still have a lot of work to do to protect sharks and closely related species around the world.

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September 6th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Conservation, fisheries, marine science, Natural Science, Science, sharks, Sustainability | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)