>Ban on shark fin sales proposed in Legislature
A national campaign to ban the sale of shark fins came to the Statehouse Thursday, as shark conservationists and animal welfare activists talked up new legislation that would pull fins out of the seafood trade and Asian restaurants that serve shark fin soup.
“We’re not trying to change or damage a culture, we’re just trying to change a practice that endangers wildlife,” said Steve Nagiewicz, chairman of the Shark Research Institute and a longtime diver and captain from Brick. (Moore, Gannett)
