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WWF welcomes move by TS Line to ban shipments of shark fin
WORLD Wide Fund for Nature in Hong Kong (WWF-Hong Kong) has hailed the decision by Taiwanese shipping company TS Lines to ban shark fin shipments, RTHK's English News reported.
Director of conservation at WWF-Hong Kong, Gavin Edwards, said Taiwan was the third largest importer of shark fin, according to 2016 data. "The last data we have show about 400,000 kilos... that means Taiwan is a big problem globally," he said.
Mr Edwards said the decision also keeps the momentum against shark fin up. "It lets shark fin traders, fishermen and people who may be considering to consume shark fin, know that more and more businesses are saying, we don't want anything more to do with the shark fin industry," he said.
Mr Edwards estimates that about 80 per cent of the shipping industry have now made commitments to not carry shark fin.
WWF-Hong Kong will soon provide guidelines to shipping company staff to help them recognise and detect attempts to send shark fin cargoes.
"It could be something that's mislabelled as something else, it could be some ports that we know are high-risk ports where more shark fin enters into the logistics chain - these are the kinds of things we'll be identifying," he said.
Director of conservation at WWF-Hong Kong, Gavin Edwards, said Taiwan was the third largest importer of shark fin, according to 2016 data. "The last data we have show about 400,000 kilos... that means Taiwan is a big problem globally," he said.
Mr Edwards said the decision also keeps the momentum against shark fin up. "It lets shark fin traders, fishermen and people who may be considering to consume shark fin, know that more and more businesses are saying, we don't want anything more to do with the shark fin industry," he said.
Mr Edwards estimates that about 80 per cent of the shipping industry have now made commitments to not carry shark fin.
WWF-Hong Kong will soon provide guidelines to shipping company staff to help them recognise and detect attempts to send shark fin cargoes.
"It could be something that's mislabelled as something else, it could be some ports that we know are high-risk ports where more shark fin enters into the logistics chain - these are the kinds of things we'll be identifying," he said.
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