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To: Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ban shark fin soup and the sale of shark fins in the UK
Please commit to protecting the world's sharks by:
> Banning the sale of shark fin soup at any restaurant or establishment in the UK.
> Banning the sale of shark fins in the UK.
> Keeping the ban after we leave the EU.
Why is this important?
Shark populations around the world are in rapid decline. Sharks grow relatively slowly, take many years to mature and produce relatively few young. These characteristics make sharks, like this porbeagle, particularly vulnerable to over-exploitation.
This vulnerability is exacerbated by the large and growing demand for shark fins and the general lack of management of shark fishing. Populations simply cannot replenish at the same rate as they are caught and finned to meet market demand.
Banning the sale of shark fins and shark fin soup in the UK will be one step in the right direction to protecting all species of shark around the globe. It is cruel to leave sharks to die in the ocean with all of their fins removed from their bodies. Help put an end to the endangerment and cruelty to sharks and make the UK a better place.
