Thanks for sharing that wiki link. This paragraph was particularly interesting to me. > In 2010, Hawaii became the first state to ban the possession, sale and

Thanks for sharing that wiki link. This paragraph was particularly interesting to me. > In 2010, Hawaii became the first state to ban the possession, sale and distribution of shark fins. The law became effective on 1 July 2011.[95] Similar laws have been enacted in the states of Washington,[96] Oregon,[97][98] California,[99] the territory of Guam[100] and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.[101] California governor Jerry Brown cited the cruelty of finning and potential threats to the environment and commercial fishing in signing the bill.[99] Opponents charged the ban was discriminatory against Chinese, the main consumers of shark fin soup, when federal laws already banned the practice of finning.