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UK minister swims in tank of sharks to highlight campaign against ‘finning’

Saturday, August 11th 2012 - 11:11 UTC
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UK Fisheries minister Richard Benyon has been swimming with sharks to highlight his desire to tighten the European ban on “finning”. Mr Benyon took the plunge into a tank of sharks at Sealife London Aquarium to launch a Shark Trust initiative calling for support to close loopholes in the EU ban on slicing off shark fins and discarding the bodies at sea. Read full article

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  • Usurping Pirate

    The sharks wouldn't attack him anyway....Professional courtesy .

    Aug 11th, 2012 - 11:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • British_Kirchnerist

    Poor sharks, having to swim with a British minister =) But seriously, this seems like a good stunt, in a good cause and almost populist, didn't think our government had it in them!

    Aug 11th, 2012 - 08:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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