Wow! What a fantastic beginning to 2014 – the government has finally announced a ban on shark finning in New Zealand waters! Yesterday’s news that its plans to make shark finning illegal is a great step in the right direction –...

It’s a macabre case spanning continents. A European vessel crewed by under paid and ill-treated Indonesian fishermen turned up in the port of Suva this week. Meanwhile, an illegal shipment of sharks, shark fins and other fish from...

Today was a day to celebrate as CITES , the convention regulating the international trade of wild plants and animals, finally restricted the trade in key shark species and took steps to curb illegal logging . Although you often...

On Sunday evening, TV3 screened an investigation into the practice of shark finning. For many Kiwis, seeing this brutal and wasteful practice occurring in our own waters - with the blessing of the quota management system - was a...

The cruel yet lucrative shark fin trade is back in the  headlines  and it's clearly something people care deeply about, public pressure and a  petition  signed by nearly 180,000 people, prompted shipping giant United Parcel Service...

Diving with the sharks at Kelly Tarlton’s is probably a bit tame for Matt Watson who gained a global audience with a video showing him jumping out of a chopper and hugging a marlin several years ago. But, visitors to the Auckland...