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not for trade or sale no permits are required for the import of specimens obtained from shark species other than those listed above to avoid seizure all products must be clearly labeled or have documentation certifying the species of origin canada edit shark finning has been illegal in canada since 1994 clarification needed as of 2019 the 42nd canadian parliament enacted legislation that bans the import and export of shark fins being the first country to impose a national ban 70 in late 2011 the city of brantford ontario became the first city in canada to pass new bylaws to ban the possession sale or consumption of shark fin products in that medium sized city in which no restaurants which serve shark fin exist there was no opposition to the ban which was largely symbolic nevertheless a handful of cities soon followed including toronto calgary mississauga and several others in southern ontario brantford ontario 11 to 0 vote 71 oakville ontario 7 to 0 vote 72 mississauga ontario 11 to 0 vote 73 later repealed by council on 8 may 2013 74 75 toronto 38 to 4 vote 76 later overturned by court on 30 november 2012 77 newmarket ontario 8 to 1 vote 78 calgary 13 to 2 vote 79 markham and richmond hill opted not to bring forth the motion suggesting that this issue is a federal matter chinese restaurants and businesses selling shark fin opposed the ban and in late 2011 suggested that they will challenge the by laws before the courts once fines are imposed 80 when toronto imposed steep fines they did just that in late 2012 the ontario superior court overturned toronto s shark fin ban ruling that the law as written was outside the powers of the city to impose without a legitimate local purpose and was therefore of no force and effect the judge accepted that the practice of shark finning was inhumane but he did not agree with toronto s justification of local purpose namely that the consumption of shark fins may have an adverse impact on the health and safety of its residents and on the environmental well being of the city 77 toronto has served legal notice that it plans to appeal the court ruling 81 on 1 december 2012 ontario superior court judge james spence ruled that toronto s ban was not valid members of toronto s chinese business community had also challenged that ban judge spence said that the city does not have the power to enforce the ban in september 2012 toronto s mayor rob ford believed that the ban was not the city s responsibility and so he did not support it at that time 82 on 27 march 2013 a private members bill to ban the importation of shark fins into canada failed in the house of commons shark finning was already illegal in canada clarification needed but there was no law which prohibited the importation of shark fins into canada 83 efforts to prohibit shark fin importation was restarted in the next parliament by conservative senator michael l macdonald in bill s 238 which was passed by the senate on 23 october 2018 84 calgary s city council decided to wait until december 2013 to recommended leaning away from a total ban and look for ethical sources of shark products alderman john mar said there would be more time to discuss engage and look for other options the new wording in the bylaw was meant to ban the sale distribution and trade of shark fins but not ban the possession and consumption canada s city of vancouver s councillor kerry jang said at calgary s council meeting that it was not a cultural thing and that even china and the chinese government decided to phase out all shark fins from state banquets he also mentioned that the wordings of the bylaws in calgary and toronto which face legal problems with municipal jurisdiction are trying to ban possession and consumption but that is hard to enforce and regulate 85 on 27 may 2013 against the wishes of the shark fin free calgary organization calgary city council overturned the ban there were protests against the ban from calgary s chinese community and calgary s city task force recommended against the ban according to the article in the calgary herald calgary s mayor naheed nenshi never wanted a full ban even though he had voted for the ban the previous year 86 china edit nba all star chinese basketball player yao ming pledged to stop eating shark fin soup at a news conference on 2 august 2006 87 88 american basketball player tracy mcgrady a teammate of yao s reportedly stated that he was impressed by the soup when he tried it for the first time but was criticized by the hong kong branch of the world wide fund for nature for his remark 89 opinions suggest that government corruption and official banquets contribute to the consumption of shark fins 90 91 a ban on shark fin from government banquets was announced in july 2012 and went into effect in 2013 52 hong kong edit shark fin protesters at maxim s hq hong kong on june 15 2018 also protesting starbucks decision to grant their regional license to maxim s anti shark fin protesters at the fedex depot in hong kong s kennedy town 3 july 2016 the world wide fund for nature on 8 march 2018 reported the volume of shark fin imported into hong kong has declined from 10 210 tonnes in 2007 to 4 979 tonnes in 2017 a drop of over 50 per cent 92 protesters have targeted various brands with anti shark fin demonstrations after being targeted in a may 2016 protest at hong kong international airport 93 cathay pacific in june 2016 announced they would stop shipping shark fin 94 hong kong disneyland removed shark fin soup from its wedding banquet menu after international pressure from environmental groups who threatened to boycott its parks worldwide despite the high demand for the delicacy 95 the peninsula hotel banned shark fin in 2012 96 in april 2018 shark fin protesters gatecrashed the opening of shake shack at the ifc in hong kong this was due to shake shack partnering with maxim s caterers being shake shack s hong kong licensee 97 brand premises directly owned by maxim s have been targeted in numerous protests 98 99 on 15 june 2018 protesters directly targeted maxim s headquarters in a demonstration that also highlighted maxim s being a regional licensee for starbucks 100 101 taiwan edit taiwan banned shark finning in 2011 102 but the legislation are mainly targeting fishing vessels while resellers and restaurants are not properly regulated it is reported that at least until 2021 shark finning is pretty common at sea and hard to ban totally some medical stores even allegedly put fins from cites identified species at sale publicly 103 104 in 2020 the fisheries agency deprecated the fin to body mass ratio based regulations and enforce more restrictive regulations requiring that fins are either naturally attached or tied to bodies or for small fishing boats only fins and bodies are in the same bags or tagged with the same label the environment justice foundation comments that the new regulation would facilitate port inspections and law enforcement helping reduce illegal sharking finning 105 malaysia edit malaysia was one of the top 10 importers and exporters of shark fins in the world between 2000 and 2009 106 the country caught 231 212 tonnes of sharks from 2002 to 2011 making it the eighth highest in the world and accounting for 2 9 of the global sharks caught during the same period 106 in 2007 malaysia s natural resources and environment ministry azmi khalid banned shark s fin soup from official functions committing to the malaysian nature society for conservation of shark species 107 in 2012 the sabah tourism culture and environment minister proposed an amendment to the fisheries act that would give force to set up a shark sanctuary zone in semporna and other shark populated areas in sabah this ban was put on hold pending the federal government s decision on the issue in 2015 agriculture and agro based industry minister ahmad shabery cheek said that the ban of shark finning is unnecessary as the finning industry does not exist in malaysia he went on further to say that sharks are normally caught by accident when they enter the fishnets along with the other fishes 106 new zealand edit the great white sharks have been given full protection in the territorial waters of new zealand 108 but shark finning is legal on other shark species if the shark is dead the royal forest and bird protection society of new zealand are campaigning to raise awareness of shark finning 109 and a number of foodies have fronted the campaign 110 since 1 october 2014 it has been illegal in new zealand for a commercial fisher to remove the fins from any shark and discard the body at sea there are specific requirements for certain species 111 palau edit in 2009 the republic of palau created the world s first shark sanctuary it is illegal to catch sharks within palau s eez which covers an area of 230 000 square miles 600 000 km 2 this is an area about the size of france president johnson toribiong also called for a ban on global shark finning stating these creatures are being slaughtered and are perhaps at the brink of extinction unless we take positive action to protect them 112 singapore edit leading singapore based supermarket chain cold storage has joined the world wide fund for nature singapore sustainable seafood group and agreed to stop selling all shark fin and shark products in its 42 outlets across the country the supermarket is a subsidiary of dairy farm a leading pan asian food retailer that operates more than 5 300 outlets and employs some 80 000 people in the asia pacific region it is the first supermarket in singapore to implement a no shark fins policy 113 the largest supermarket chain in singapore ntuc fairprice and hypermarket carrefour will also be banning all shark fin products from its outlets before april 2012 114 115 united states edit national edit the king diamond ii was seized in 2002 while carrying over 32 short tons 29 metric tons of shark fins that were harvested from about 30 000 sharks the 106th united states congress passed the shark finning prohibition act of 2000 sfpa which was signed into law by bill clinton the act banned finning on any fishing vessel within united states territorial waters and on all u s flagged fishing vessels in international waters additionally shark fins could not be imported into the united states without the associated carcass 116 in 2002 in an apparent early success in stopping the shark fin trade the united states intercepted and seized the king diamond ii a u s flagged hong kong based vessel bound for guatemala the vessel was carrying 64 695 pounds 32 3 short tons 29 3 tonnes of baled shark fins representing the fins of an estimated 30 000 sharks making it the largest quantity of shark fins ever seized 117 this seizure was reversed in court six years later in united states v approximately 64 695 pounds of shark fins the ninth circuit court of appeals held that the sfpa did not cover the seized fins in this case judge stephen reinhardt found that the king diamond ii did not meet the statute s definition of a fishing vessel since it had merely bought the fins at sea and had not aided or assisted the vessels that had caught the sharks 118 as a result in january 2011 the 111th united states congress wrote and passed and president barack obama signed into law the shark conservation act to close the loopholes specifically the new act prohibits any boat to from possessing shark fins without the corresponding number and weight of carcasses and all sharks must be brought to port with their fins attached 119 120 additional legislation has been proposed to ban the sale of shark fins in the united states as well current national bans prohibit shark finning in united states territorial waters but do not ban the sale or purchase of shark fins that were harvested elsewhere 121 to combat this the 117th united states congress added the shark fin sales elimination act in the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2022 which was signed into law by joe biden in december 2022 122 123 the act bans the sale purchase and transport of shark fins across the united states with a fine of up to 100 000 for each offense exceptions are allowed if the fin was taken lawfully by license or under other certain circumstances there is also an exception to allow dogfish fins although the bill has the secretary of commerce reviewing this exception by 2027 to recommend if it should continue or be terminated 124 125 126 state edit the shark fin sales elimination act enacted in 2022 banned the shark fin trade throughout the united states but before its enactment several states enacted their own measures to ban the shark fin trade with their boundaries before the national ban was enacted 14 states and 3 territories passed their own versions of the bill in 2010 hawaii became the first state to ban the possession sale and distribution of shark fins the act commenced on 1 july 2011 127 similar laws have been enacted in the states of washington 128 oregon 129 130 california 131 the territory of guam 132 and the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands 133 california governor jerry brown cited the cruelty of finning and potential threats to the environment and commercial fishing in signing the bill 131 opponents charged the ban was discriminatory against chinese the main consumers of shark fin soup when federal laws already banned the practice of finning whole sharks would still be legally fished but the fins could no longer be sold 131 in 2012 legislators in the new york state assembly including grace meng introduced a similar bill which passed in 2013 new york was not the only eastern state considering a ban but enactment there would be significant since its chinese american communities in chinatown manhattan and flushing make new york the major importer of shark fins in the east meng admitted that while she loved shark fin soup it s important to be responsible citizens younger chinese americans in new york did not consider it an important part of their culture it s only the elderly who want it when their grandkids get married they want the most expensive stuff like an emperor said one waiter at a chinese restaurant many businesses that sold fins had stopped placing new orders expecting a ban would be enacted 134 in april 2013 maryland became the first state on the east coast to enact a law against shark finning or the import of fins 135 subsequently texas illinois delaware rhode island and massachusetts had enacted bans on the possession and sale of shark fins totaling 11 states 136 137 in june 2017 the nevada legislature banned the sale or possession of body parts from sharks and several other endangered species and outlawed shark fin soup which was becoming increasingly consumed in nevada by visitors at casinos making it a hub for the shark fin trade in the united states 138 139 in january 2020 the new jersey general assembly criminalized the harvesting sale trade distribution and possession 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