Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Congress takes steps to eliminate the harvesting of sharks for shark fin soup

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/20/AR2010122004046.html?hpid=moreheadlines




The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have recently passed legislation banning inhumane shark fishing practices to feed demand for shark fin soup. This link is a Washington Post article on the bill's passage.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

CFI on the radio

Our colleagues at Conservation Fisheries, Inc. (CFI) in Knoxville were featured on American Public Media's "The Story" for their 25+ years of working to conserve southeastern fishes. Click the link below to  listen to the podcast.

http://thestory.org/archive/the_story_1180_Pat_and_JR.mp3/view