A step in the right direction

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A step in the right direction

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It's a small fine, but hopefully its a start.


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$720? That's probably less than they get for one shark fin. Add a coupla zeros and now we're talkin'!
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Tangfish wrote:$720? That's probably less than they get for one shark fin. Add a coupla zeros and now we're talkin'!
Agreed. I probably should have said a "very small" step in the right direction.
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How about we just cut off their arms and legs and throw em overboard.
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ORDiver wrote:How about we just cut off their arms and legs and throw em overboard.

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One step further, in WA at least - shark fins and shark fin products are now banned:

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepoliti ... tes-menus/
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