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LONDON (AFP) - China's booming middle class is fuelling demand for shark fins for soup, experts said Wednesday, as they called on the European Union to halt the fall in dwindling stocks.
Finning" is when fishermen catch sharks and cut off their fins before throwing the carcasses back into the sea, leaving space on their boats for more valuable catches.
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Spain is one of the top shark finning nations in the world. The EU has taken very little action to address this issue. It is high time that EU nations get serious about their already depleted marine resources. The have failed in the north sea, failed the blue fin tuna, will they fail the last remaining sharks?
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