A net loss

• Autores: Lesley Evans Ogden
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3147, 2017, págs. 24-25
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Ogden warns that banning U.S. shark fin sales could do more harm than good. There is growing division over a proposal before the US Congress to ban trade in fins within the nation's borders among scientists, wherein some say this would harm conservation efforts. Among those questioning the proposal are David Shiffman at Simon Fraser University in Canada and Bob Hueter of Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida, wherein they think a blanket prohibition on possessing, buying or selling fins in the US is unwise and argue that this would undermine decades of progress towards sustainable shark fisheries there and elsewhere. A US ban could also further a misconception that demand for shark fin soup is the only threat facing sharks.