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California shark fin ban advances - latimes.com
For centuries the gelatinous soup prepared with dried shark fins has been served as a pricey Chinese delicacy, and opponents say banning it would discriminate against a cultural tradition. The bill passed the Senate ...
WITH SHARK FIN BAN, A SLICE OF ASIAN CULTURE ENDS IN CALIFORNIA ...
4 hours ago ... Chinese Americans are divided over the state's ban on sale or possession of the delicacy. The cruel practice of shark finning has decimated ...
Soup ban about overfishing, not culture attack | Editorials | San ...
In fact, this month, even the Chinese government announced that it would ban the serving of shark fin soup, although the ban apparently does not extend to Hong Kong. In this globalized economy, sharks are being wiped out ...
S.F. Chinese group sues over California's shark fin ban - Los ...
Jul 21, 2012 ... The Chinatown Neighborhood Assn. says that a California ban is discriminatory because shark fin soup is part of traditional Chinese culture.
California's proposed shark fin ban stirs up debate over global ...
Namely, should the sale and possession of said shark fin be banned, making the serving of shark fin soup--a dish with strong cultural relevance for the Chinese--illegal? A recent post on Grist draws attention to this culinary ...
Shark Tales: California Bans Sale Of Shark Fins | Fast Company ...
Oct 11, 2011 ... Your chance to try the Chinese delicacy in California has passed. It's now illegal to buy the main ingredient in shark fin soup. ... but some Chinese Americans are complaining that the law is an attack on their culture. The process of shark finning is brutal, to say the least--fisherman catch sharks, slice off their ...
Shark's fin soup: cultural tradition or barbaric practice? - Jacqueline ...
Shark's fin is an inherent part of Asian culture, Chinese culture in particular. There is a thriving market for shark's fin in California, particularly in the cities of San ...
Confusion in San Francisco's Chinatown Over Shark-Fin Ban - KQED
Shark fins. California's shark fin ban has restaurants and distributors confused. Considered a delicacy by the Chinese, shark fins are often sliced off living sharks, which are then thrown back into the ocean to die. (Anne Cecile Guthmann/AFP/Getty Images). By Caitlin Esch and Rachael Marcus ... Shark-fin soup is considered a delicacy in Chinese culture and is often eaten on special occasions. Frank Lee, president of the Organization for Justice and Equality, said that ...
Petition | Join the APA Alliance To Ban Shark Fin In California ...
In an effort to protect threatened sharks and global oceans, the Asian Pacific ... 28,000 people sign the petition in support of AB 373, the California shark fin ban. ... law, ending the sale, distribution, and possession of shark fins in California. ... Shark finning is a process by which fishermen catch sharks, slice off their fins and .
S.F. Chinese group sues over shark fin ban, alleges discrimination ...
Jul 20, 2012 ... Dried shark fins at a specialty Chinese store. ... The Chinatown Neighborhood Assn. of San Francisco is taking California Gov. ... on shark fins that is unconstitutional and discriminatory toward Chinese culture. ... Supporters of the ban say that the fins are cruelly obtained -- fishermen often slice them off live ...
U.S. government: shark fin bans “significantly undermine ...
May 2, 2013 ... I've written in the past about why shark fin bans might not be the best tool for the ... majority of the demand for shark fin soup is in China and Southeast Asia, .... In the full piece they define “conservation and management” together as ... in the end the MSA just supercedes/preempts/makes them irrelevant.
City Of Toronto Latest To Pass Shark Fin Ban | Sustainablog
The ban was passed by the city council by a vote of 38-4. Fins from up to 73 million sharks are used every year to make shark fin soup, a delicacy in Asian culture. Shark finning is a cruel and wasteful practice – captured at sea and hauled on deck, the sharks are often still alive while their fins are sliced off. ... The state of California, which has a large Asian population, also recently passed a similar ban on shark fins. The California bill was proposed and championed by ...
Paul Fong, Leland Yee: Shark Fins in a Soup of Cultural Controversy
Every few years, the shark fin debate is revived anew, and by now, the narrative has become predictable: Chinese culture advocates who believe that they have the right to continue enjoying a centuries-old delicacy are pitted against ... reignited in California yesterday with the introduction of a bill by Assemblymen Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) and Paul Fong (D-Cupertino) that would make it illegal to “possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin” unless it ...
California's Shark Fin Ban Survives a Challenge - Food News -
Jan 3, 2013 ... The most thoughtful piece I've read on the fin question is Jonathan ... on shark fin soup isn't exactly the keystone of Chinese culture that, say, mochitsuki is to Japan's. Though as Kauffman points out, shark fin soup is a kind of cultural ... gras, another substance banned in California, and yet it's the same: an ...
The Tyee – Why We Shouldn't Ban Shark Fin
... incentives, not laws that smack of racism. By Anna Ling Kaye, 2 Jan 2012, TheTyee.ca ... All eyes are now on whether Vancouver, with its large Asian population, will join the rush of Canadian cities taking on a bylaw banning shark's fin. I've tasted shark's fin soup and I agree ... If this condemnation of a minority cultural tradition is handed down by a government largely unrepresentative of that target culture, the legislation smacks of racial exclusion. In May, the Globe and Mail ran an ...
California's Proposed Shark Fin Ban Divides Chinese-American ...
We've talked about the pending legislation that would ban shark fins in California several times here on TreeHugger. ... After all, the fin is tasteless, and only a tiny piece of the oddly textured fin is ever found in a bowl of soup. On top of that, it is ... "The Chinese culture,'' he said, "used to promote foot binding on women." ... In the end we have to ask, does a component of a culture's traditional menu outweigh the survival of one of the most important predators in the sea?