Filing an Ombudsman Complaint
March, 31st 2026 - Sadly, the European Commission leaves the 1.1 million voices for a shark fin trade ban waiting. Every year, over 100 million [...]
Shark Lab at EU Ocean Week
October 15th 2025 - We are back in Brussels for #EUOceanWeek, one of the key moments shaping Europe’s ocean policy. As part of it, we hosted [...]
Making waves at UNOC
June 9th-13th 2025 - At the United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice (France), our StopFinningEU team called for a European ban on shark fin trade [...]
#EUOceanWeek
Sept, 30th – Oct 4th 2024 - Recently, our team returned to Brussels for #EUOceanWeek, where we proudly joined Seas At Risk as a new [...]
Consultation Event in Vigo
On July 9, 2024, a significant step was taken in the fight for shark conservation at the European Commission's Stakeholders’ Consultation Event in Vigo, Spain. [...]
EU Parliament Hearing
Another major step towards our journey for a #FinBanNow in Europe is complete. On March 27 our selected group of experts spoke on behalf of [...]
Open letter to EU – #FinBanNow
More than 1.1 million Europeans and over 100 NGOs call for an end of the shark fin trade in the EU TRADE BAN REMAINS THE [...]
ECI is presented to the EU Commission
Greetings from Brussels! Today we presented our proposal for an end of the shark fin trade to the EU Commission and made a case how [...]
It’s official – The votes have been delivered
January, 2023 Greetings from Brussels – Today we handed over 1.119.996 statements of support for a shark fin ban to the EU Commission! Thank you [...]