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07-04-2012, 06:24 AM
China said Tuesday it would prohibit official banquets from serving shark fin soup, an expensive and popular delicacy blamed for a sharp decline in global shark populations. The ban, reported by the official state news agency, could take as many as three years to implement, and even then it could be widely ignored. But the decision was welcomed by environmental campaigners who have long cautioned that soaring demand for the soup has imperiled sharks around the globe.
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