Colombia and Costa Rica take meausres to end shark finning

Central fight the profitable business of removing shark fins with a regional regulation aimed at protecting the species in its 5570 km of coastline in the Caribbean and the Pacific, a source said Monday the fishing industry.

“First of wrongdoing, this month of January began to prohibit the practice of shark finning is to prevent the sea within the fins are cut,” he told AFP director of the Organization of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector of Central America (OSPESCA), Mario Gonzalez.

Last Thursday, the governments of Colombia and Costa Rica agreed on the importance of combating this practice and agreed to pursue and punish to the fullest extent of the law as those who engage in ella.La Central enables capture of the shark, but forces fishermen to take them to landing to determine what are the right size and the meat can be exploited, Gonzalez said. Read Article