So exciting!
Keep up to date and reach out to your local representative to tell them you support this initiative!
WORKING FOR THE EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION OF VIRGINIA'S SHARKS AND TO BAN FIN POSSESSION IN ALBERTA
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Follow the progress of the proposed VA ban here...
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB1159
So exciting!
Keep up to date and reach out to your local representative to tell them you support this initiative!
So exciting!
Keep up to date and reach out to your local representative to tell them you support this initiative!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Things are Happening... in Virginia!
Hello!
HOUSE BILL NO. 1159 Offered January 16, 2012 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 28.2-303.1, relating to the possession or sale of shark fins; penalty.---------- Patron-- Sickles ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------
The link is: http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB1159
When we started our Virginia initiative just under 1 year ago, we had high hopes but were of course slightly apprehensive about taking on what seemed to be a monumental task without much experience. Luckily, our campaign was adopted by the Humane Society of the United States... and the rest, as they say, is history. The wonderful folks at the HSUS in Virginia have simply been incredible to work with and so supportive. The fact that Democratic Delegate Mark Sickles was willing to serve as patron for this bill and introduce it so quickly is beyond what we could have hoped for.
With that said, it is time to re-double our efforts, regroup and focus on assisting the HSUS in the process of getting this legislation passed.
It is time to bring this essential measure to protect sharks to Virginia, and we here at All Fins Attached are committed to doing all we can to make that happen.
I know, I know... it has been quite a while since we last updated our blog and let all of you know how our efforts are moving along in both Alberta, Canada, and Virginia, U.S.A.
Part of the reason that the blog has fallen off is that these initiatives have been moving along at an accelerated pace, and the time that we have devoted to furthering our objective of effective shark conservation has been devoted to substantive efforts.
Enough said! We are back!
What better way to start the new year than with the announcement that a bill to ban the possession of shark fins has been tabled in the Virginia General Assembly!
The text reads as follows:
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 28.2-303.1 as follows:
§ 28.2-303.1. Possession or sale of shark fin prohibited; penalty.
A. As used in this section, "shark fin" means the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached fin, or the raw, dried, or otherwise processed detached tail, of an elasmobranch.
B. Except as otherwise provided in subsection C or D, it shall be unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin.
C. Any person who holds a license or permit issued by the Commissioner to take or land sharks for recreational or commercial purposes may possess a shark fin or fins consistent with that license or permit.
D. Before January 1, 2013, any restaurant that possessed a shark fin as of January 1, 2012, may possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute that shark fin if it is prepared for consumption.
E. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
When we started our Virginia initiative just under 1 year ago, we had high hopes but were of course slightly apprehensive about taking on what seemed to be a monumental task without much experience. Luckily, our campaign was adopted by the Humane Society of the United States... and the rest, as they say, is history. The wonderful folks at the HSUS in Virginia have simply been incredible to work with and so supportive. The fact that Democratic Delegate Mark Sickles was willing to serve as patron for this bill and introduce it so quickly is beyond what we could have hoped for.
With that said, it is time to re-double our efforts, regroup and focus on assisting the HSUS in the process of getting this legislation passed.
It is time to bring this essential measure to protect sharks to Virginia, and we here at All Fins Attached are committed to doing all we can to make that happen.
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