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Tag: Shark Trust

  • Saturday, August 11th 2012 - 11:11 UTC

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

    Minister Benyon swimming among sharks

    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.