Oceana’s efforts to stop the practice of shark finning and the trade of fins, which still legally feeds the high demand in many states. Readers expressed dismay following a shark fin soup debacle at ...

Survivors of shark attacks — now trying to save the animals that took their limbs and, in some cases, nearly their lives — want U.S. restaurant-goers to know they may be eating a threatened species in ...

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On Friday, July 26, the state of New York became the eighth U.S. state to ban the sale of shark fins in an effort to protect the world’s sharks. Last May, a bill to ban shark fin trade in Texas died ...

The U.S. is poised to ban the lucrative trade in shark fins, a move conservationists hope will help protect millions of sharks that are butchered every year to satisfy demand in China and other parts ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed legislation that prohibits the sale, trade or distribution of shark fins or derivative products in the state of Washington. Supporters including ...

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has banned the trade of shark fins in the state, a move that could end its status as one of the main U.S. centers of activity for the product prized as a delicacy in ...

Today, on the Chronicle's “City Insider” blog, Heather Knight reported that interim Mayor Ed Lee has waded into the fight over AB 376. The bill would block the sale and import of shark fins across ...