Brussels, 07/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Union wants to ban the catching of sharks and other elasmobranches (skate fish) for the sole use of their fin tips. This ban will apply in all Community waters and ships. The fin-tips, however, will still be able to be sold on the conditions that all the fish is used and that a licence has been obtained for this kind of fishing. The Commission explains that this kind of proposals is designed to put a stop to the practice of "finning", which...