03/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - Removal of shark fins. On Thursday 16 December, in Strasbourg, the European Parliament adopted a declaration calling on the European Commission to deliver a proposal to prohibit the removal of shark fins on-board vessels by the second anniversary of the Community Plan of Action for Sharks (February 2011). The practice involving the cutting off of sharks' fins is caused by the high demand for the “famous” sharks' fin soup. The EP considers that the finning ban...