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Texas, a center of U.S. shark fin trade, enacts ban on practice
2016-07-01 21:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Texas A ban on the shark fin trade took effect in Texas on Friday, a move environmental groups hope will end the state's status as one of the main U.S. centers for the product prized as a delicacy in Chinese cuisine. Texas became the first state on the Gulf of Mexico coast to enact a ban on the trade and joins 10 other states, mostly on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, to prohibit a practice that conservationists blame for a global decline in sharks. Texas had seen a 240 percent increase in...
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Witnessing a great white shark breach ... terrifying, awesome or both?
2016-06-29 12:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: For those who have been forever traumatized by the 1972 classic "Jaws," there is nothing more terrifying than the prospect of seeing a great white shark burst through open water and fly through the air. On the other hand, for fans of Discovery's annual Shark Week, there is nothing more amazing than observing one of these breaches firsthand: Shark breaching may be rare, but it represents just one of many fascinating behaviors exhibited by these cartilaginous marine creatures. Scientists believe...
Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific announces shark fin ban
2016-06-23 05:55:39| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Hong Kong-based airline Cathay Pacific announces a ban on shipments of shark fin in a move that is welcomed by conservationists.
HK Express becomes first Hong Kong airline to ban shark fin cargo
2016-05-23 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
South China Morning Post: Budget carrier HK Express will become the citys first airline to ban shark fin cargo, the Sunday Morning Post has learned. The airline said it was making a declaration of support for the global campaign to ban the trade. Locally-based concern groups WildAid and the Hong Kong Shark Foundation praised HK Express for joining an expanding list of airlines around the world going shark fin free, and drawing attention to other carriers in the city who had yet to embrace the trend. In February...
Busy bee! 'Shark Tank' lemonade entrepreneur, 11, lands expansion deal
2016-03-31 04:34:12| Grocery - Topix.net
Lemonade stands are cute, but a lemonade expansion deal for 11-year-old Mikaila Ulmer has proven to be a far more lucrative endeavor. Addressing a panel of potential investors on ABC's "Shark Tank" last year, Mikaila pitched BeeSweet, a lemonade with her great-grandmother's secret recipe and a mission to help save a dwindling bee population .
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