Moreover, the Australian government banned finning. Last year the United States National Marine Fisheries Service announced a similar prohibition. In addition, the US set maximum quotas for the catching of 39 varieties of sharks within 200 miles of US coastlines along the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico. Population surveys are now underway for an additional 34 types of deep sea sharks.
美國聯邦海洋漁業局也在去年下令禁止斷鰭行為，並將包括大西洋沿岸、加勒比海、墨西哥灣兩百海哩以內的卅九種鯊魚，訂出捕捉配額，另有卅四種深海鯊魚已進行數量調查中。