Since 1980s, legal trade in shark meat killed 100,000,000 sharks a year. Including illegal and undocumented, more like 273,000,000. Staggering. We must stop the fin trade, better regulate incidental fishing & strengthen control procedures to protect biodiversity. #StopFinningEU
EN🚫UGH 🦈 #FinBanNow
Say NO to the #shark fin trade in Europe StopFinningEU
European Commission European Parliament Frans 🏴☠️ Věra Jourová
🌊🦈 Sharks can't talk – but you can – so speak up! 🗣️
The 🇪🇺 invites YOU to a #publicconsultation on enhancing #shark protection, including trade measures.
Contribute by 04/06/2024: europa.eu/!6pq6MM
#EUTakeTheInitiative StopFinningEU EU Environment EU Trade 🇪🇺
It´s time to take the demand of more than 1.1 Million EU Citizens seriously: Say NO to the #shark fin trade in Europe @EU_commission! 🦈🇪🇺 #FinBanNow #StopFinningEU
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👉 Register here; show your support for #sharks : bit.ly/3yE2R8t 🦈🇪🇺
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🦈🙌 One year ago the European Citizens' Initiative #StopFinningEU hit over 1.1 million votes of support for a trade ban on shark fins in Europe.
↪️ Today StopFinningEU will meet European Commission representatives and make the case to translate EU citizens' wishes to a #FinBanNow .
Hunting #sharks for their fins can only end with a trade ban for loose fins! 🦈🇪🇺 #StopFinningEU supported by over 1,1 million EU Citizens demands a #FinBanNow from European Commission European Parliament Věra Jourová Virginijus Sinkevičius Frans 🏴☠️
BIG Day for #sharks ahead: On Feb. 6 StopFinningEU will meet with representatives from the @europeancommission to talk about the necessity for a #FinBanNow in Europe! 🇪🇺🦈
BIG Day for #sharks ahead: On Feb. 6 StopFinningEU will meet with representatives from the @europeancommission to talk about the necessity for a #FinBanNow in Europe! 🇪🇺🦈
Tomorrow, the EU Parliament will vote and decide whether the Shark Fin Trade will be banned in Europe Europe is the largest contributor to the global shark fin trade Virginijus Sinkevičius Věra Jourová Frans 🏴☠️: The trading of #shark fins must be stopped! #FinBanNow #StopFinningEU
Hunting #sharks for their fins can only end with a trade ban for loose fins! 🦈🇪🇺 #StopFinningEU supported by over 1,1 million EU Citizens demands a #FinBanNow from European Commission European Parliament Věra Jourová Virginijus Sinkevičius Frans 🏴☠️
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If the idea of a #EuropeanCitizensInitiative is to mean anything, after all the work by organisers, successful initiatives must result in action by the European Commission. We need our oceans, and the oceans need our #sharks . There must be a ban on the shark fin trade. #stopfinningeu
Symbolische Übergabe der 1.119.996 Unterschriften zum Schutz der #Haie 🦈 in #Brüssel . 🇪🇺 Vielen Dank an das WANN & WO📰 für die Berichterstattung. #StopFinningEU #EUParlament !B
BIG Day for #sharks ahead: On Feb. 6 StopFinningEU will meet with representatives from the @europeancommission to talk about the necessity for a #FinBanNow in Europe! 🇪🇺🦈
Today, the 6th Feb.2023, the representatives of the #europeancitizensinitiative #stopfinningEU for a #FinBanNow have had the opportunity of presenting it to the European Commission!
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Now it is up to them to decide how the demand of 1,1 million voters can become reality 🇪🇺🦈🙏
The EU is a main shark fishing culprit, exporting around 2,000 tonnes of #shark fins per year to China. To protect 🦈 populations Europe must 🛑 the #shark fin trade!
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Virginijus Sinkevičius Věra Jourová European Commission European Parliament StopFinningEU
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NGOs send letter to European Parliament in support of the demand of 1.1 million EU citizens to ban the trade of #shark 🦈 fins in 🇪🇺. It’s time for the EU to act! #FinBanNow !
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@StopfinningEU Virginijus Sinkevičius Věra Jourová European Commission