In May of this year, by a vote of 62 to 8, the State Assembly agreed to ban the sale of the fins used to make shark fin soup. Today, the State Senate held a crowded hearing with witnesses on both ...

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On Friday, July 26, the state of New York became the eighth U.S. state to ban the sale of shark fins in an effort to protect the world’s sharks. Last May, a bill to ban shark fin trade in Texas died ...

But the shark's fin was exquisite: Each filament was silky and jellied, but with a delicately chewy texture. As I sipped the soup, the filaments fluttered against every surface of my mouth, impossible ...

Oceana’s efforts to stop the practice of shark finning and the trade of fins, which still legally feeds the high demand in many states. Readers expressed dismay following a shark fin soup debacle at ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York is banning trade in shark fins starting next summer in an effort to protect the marine predators. The fins are used in soup popular in Chinese cuisine, and New York is home to ...

Gordon Ramsay is more than a TV chef with a short temper. He made a documentary that profiled a controversial soup and ...

State Sen. Leland Yee, the enigmatic San Francisco politician known for his past brushes with the law and diverse array of stances on major policy issues, positioned himself last year as an opponent ...

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Survivors of shark attacks — now trying to save the animals that took their limbs and, in some cases, nearly their lives — want U.S. restaurant-goers to know they may be eating a threatened species in ...