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"en.20121122.31.4-168-000"2
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"Mr President, I voted for this report as it proposes closing the loopholes in the present legislation and ensuring that all sharks caught by EU vessels anywhere in the world are landed with their fins naturally attached, without exception. The inhumane practice of finning should have absolutely no place in modern fishing. It involves the removal shark fins at sea and throwing the shark back into the sea where it generally suffers a cruel and painful death.
Unfortunately, this practice has been increasing due to insatiable thirst for profits of major multinational fishing corporations and has gone largely unmanaged and unmonitored. It is estimated that 100 million sharks are killed for their fins annually. This practice has a devastating impact on shark populations around the world, threatening the stability of marine ecosystems and damaging the fishing industry in many poorer countries. It is vital that this barbaric practice is ended and that the fishing of sharks is regulated internationally."@en1
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