"Shark finning": EP and Council regulate against the practice
Today, the Council adopted an amending regulation on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels following a first reading agreement with the European Parliament.
This text aims to eliminate existing derogations to the ban on "shark finning".
Commissioner Damanaki commented on the adoption of this amended regulation by the Council:
"No more shark finning in Europe! I welcome the Council's decision to follow up on the Commission proposal to introduce a shark finning ban in the EU. After the Parliament endorsing this ban earlier, it needed this last step to confirm this legislation. We can say that the practice of shark finning has been banned from the EU once and for all and for good."
