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In First for Asia, Taiwan to Ban Shark Finning
Taiwan’s luxury hotels have no interest in taking shark-fin soup off the menu. But in the wake of the hotels’ defiance, Taiwan has decided to ban the practice of shark finning
By ERICA HO | @ericamho | December 1, 2011
Fresh off the heels of luxe Hong Kong–based Peninsula Hotels’ banning of the controversial shark-fin ingredient, Taiwan’s swank accommodations have refused to take shark-fin soup off the menu. But it may not matter much, as the island has introduced fishing laws in 2012 to ban shark finning. In doing so, it will be the first Asian government to disallow the practice.

Though just a tiny island off the coast of China, Taiwan has the fourth largest shark-fin industry in the world. (Hong Kong remains the hub.) The law doesn’t stop fisherman from catching sharks entirely, but it does make it illegal to take the fish back in pieces.

The European Commission, which has “banned” finning in E.U. waters, was also recently forced to issue draft legislation to close a loophole within its own rules. Though the sharks can’t be finned, it does allow fisherman to land shark carcasses and their fins as long as they comply with a strict fin-to-carcass weight ratio. If the revised law passes, all sharks must land with their fins attached similar to the contingencies in the Taiwanese legislation.

Though finning would be in theory banned, at least at sea, there are questions raised. There is nothing to stop fisherman from slicing fins off the carcasses once boats land, though carcass load could help reduce the number of shark fins that are able to pass through the island.



http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/12/01/taiwan-to-become-first-asian-nation-to-ban-shark-finning/

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GOOD NEWS!

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Though just a tiny island off the coast of China,

Fail.

Taiwan's bigger than Belgium and nearly as big as Switzerland. :roll:

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Though just a tiny island off the coast of China,

Fail.

Taiwan's bigger than Belgium and nearly as big as Switzerland. :roll:


So, still pretty tiny compared to China then? ;)

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Though just a tiny island off the coast of China,

Fail.

Taiwan's bigger than Belgium and nearly as big as Switzerland. :roll:


So, still pretty tiny compared to China then? ;)

Yeah but so are India and Kazakhstan.

Being smaller than China doesn't make a country tiny

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It's not much bigger than Sicily, and certainly a lot smaller than Great Britain.

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It's not much bigger than Sicily, and certainly a lot smaller than Great Britain.

It's the 38th largest of over 180,000 islands in the world.

That makes it big, as islands go.

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