Northern Marianas leads Pacific Islands in fight against shark finners
Posted Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:51:09 GMT by Lucy Brake
In a bold move, the Senate of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands has voted to prohibit all shark finning in its waters. Sharks living in the ocean around the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) have suffered from intense overfishing and poaching for their valuable fins. Sharks in particular are vulnerable to illegal fishing because, as a species, they reproduce very slowly.
Northern Marianas leads Pacific Islands in fight against shark finners