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A forum in Mexico has seen opposition to proposed legislation aimed at banning shark finning, with stakeholders including researchers, cooperatives, officials, and an environmental NGO, arguing against the proposal on the grounds that it would regulate a practice not actually carried out in Mexico, where sharks are instead fully utilised for their meat. They also raised concerns that the proposed legislation could lead to international sanctions, conflict with international agreements, and impact fishing sovereignty. The forum also highlighted the need for better fishing regulation, more inspection resources, and the implementation of new fishing gear and methods. The shark fishing industry in Mexico, which operates globally and employs around 1,500 people, was also discussed in terms of its economic contributions and challenges like over-regulation and the need for traceability.
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ELIAS MEDINA. THE SOUTH CALIFORNIAN. In Mexico, sharks are caught for all their meat, not just their fins, and something that does not exist cannot be legislated. LA PAZ, Baja California Sur. Researchers, cooperatives, boatmen, officials of INAPESCA, CONAPESCA and an environmental NGO, agreed to reject the initiatives presented by senators Raúl Bolaños of the Green Party and Alejandro Armenta de Morena, with which it is intended to establish a series of sanctions for those who practice shark finning, with fines of up to 30 thousand UMAs, and penalties of 9 years in jail. The foregoing, during the Forum organized on this issue by the Senate of the Republic and which was moderated by the legislator of Baja California Nancy Sánchez, and where the only one who defended the proposal was Alejandro Armenta, who repeatedly referred to the fishery as "shark hunting." Among the arguments of those who spoke out against it, he stressed that shark finning is not practiced in Mexico, which ...
Source: Inforural
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