Brussels, 22/11/2012 (Agence Europe) - With its vote on Thursday 22 November, the European Parliament removed all exceptions to the legislation banning the barbaric practice of cutting off fins and dumping shark carcasses at sea. The Parliament did not follow the Parliament fisheries committee's opinion or that of the rapporteur, Maria do Ceu Patrao (EPP, Portugal), who felt that some exceptions should be maintained. The initial report allowed only freezer-fishing vessels to remove the shark...