While the West heralds China’s recent announcement to ban shark fin soup at government banquets as a success, social media sites in China are abuzz […]
Category: Marine Life
Vietnam: Authorities Seize 50 Slaughtered Sea Turtles
A Vietnamese man has been arrested for trading in endangered sea turtles. According to Thanh Nien News, police have apprehended 28-year-old Nguyen Ngoc Dong Anh, […]
China to Ban Shark Fin Soup at State Banquets … in 3 Years
Media reports claim the Chinese government has announced plans to stop serving shark fin soup at state banquets, but when? The ban could take as […]
Cause for Concern: Canada’s Narwhal Ivory Trade
Although indigenous peoples in the Arctic have traditionally hunted narwhals for food, recent information suggests that the focus has shifted to the marine mammal’s tusk […]
India: Seized Wildlife Products Destroyed in Manipur
The Manipur Forest Training School took a step in the right direction over the weekend by burning an assortment of confiscated wildlife products. Manipur’s online […]
Canadian Chef and Seafood Importer Found Guilty of Abalone Trafficking
Kai Kin Ng of Richmond, British Columbia, has reportedly been fined $40,000 CAD/$38,962 USD for abalone trafficking. The Vancouver Sun explains that Ng’s fine was […]
Northern California Checkpoint Thwarts Abalone Poachers
The California Department of Fish and Game used a random checkpoint in Jenner, California, to confiscate abalone from divers who took more than their daily […]