By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson

April 22, 20210Comments

It is estimated that fins from a whopping 73 million sharks are traded globally each year, mainly for shark fin soup.Photo by cdascher/iStock.com

A bill to end all commercial trade in the United States of shark fins and shark fin products was reintroduced in the U.S. House today.

The Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act already enjoys great support in Congress and a previous version passed the House during the last session by an overwhelming vote of 310 to 107. The bill also passed a key Senate committee but failed to see action from the full Senate before the session ended.

We are hopeful of success this time round. There is no time to lose withsharks being killed 30% faster than they can reproduce. Arecent studyfound that shark and ray populations in the world’s open oceans…