The practice of shark finning 鈥� removing a shark鈥檚 dorsal fin and discarding the animal鈥檚 body back into the water 鈥� has been in the political spotlight in recent months.
A new state law took effect this month that increases penalties for those caught engaging in the practice, and a bill to is currently being considered in Congress. That measure has the backing of eight co-sponsors from Florida.
As counter-intuitive as it may sound, a study finds that banning the sale of shark fins in the U.S. wouldn鈥檛 actually help save sharks. The author of that study is the senior scientist and director of 鈥檚 , Dr. .
Hueter joins Gulf Coast Live to talk about his recently published study in the scientific journal . He also talks about Mote's ongoing series of studies exploring whether or not sharks survive after being caught and released. The conversation begins with a look at the growing effort to ban the practice of shark finning.
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