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Bull sharks spotted at McDonald's

Two bull sharks have been spotted swimming past the McDonald's restaurant in suburban Ipswich, south-west of Brisbane, 30km from the coast.

Goodna butcher Steve Bateman saw one of the sharks swimming through the flooded waters of Williams Street near his butcher's shop in the St Ives shopping centre yesterday.

There were several reports of another shark spotted in Queen Street, the main street through Goodna.

Bull sharks have been spotted in the Goodna sections of the Bremer River previously, with fishermen regularly catching them from the Goodna boat ramp.

Ipswich councillor for the Goodna region Paul Tully said while it may sound almost too bizarre to be real, the shark sighting was valid.

"It would have swam several kilometres in from the river, across Evan Marginson Park and the motorway," Cr Tully said.

"It's definitely a first for Goodna, to have a shark in the main street.

Written by Helen Kennedy (www.nydailynews.com) |

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Shark attack survivors plead case for attackers during rally at UN

BY Helen Kennedy
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Tuesday, September 14th 2010, 4:00 AM

Fineberg/AP

Survivors of shark attacks discuss their experiences at UN on Monday.

Nine shark attack survivors - some missing arms, legs or feet - came to the United Nations on Monday to beg the world to save their attackers.

"If a group like us can see the value in saving sharks, can't everyone?" asked Debbie Salamone, 44, a Florida newspaper reporter whose Achilles tendon was severed in 2004 as she stood in waist-deep water.

The Pew Environment Group, which organized the rally, says a staggering 73 million sharks are killed each year to make shark fin soup, an Asian delicacy.

Fishermen slice off the fins - which can fetch up to $300 a pound - and dump the mutilated sharks back into the sea to bleed to death, according to the group.

Written by www.takepart.com |

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Hawaii Bans Shark Fin Soup

Perhaps the most surprising thing to many (including me) about Hawaii’s newly adopted ban on shark fin soup, which takes effect on July 1, 2011, is that it is still legal in the U.S. at all.

The Hawaii ban, though more than a year away, includes heavy fines for anyone caught selling the soup in the state: $5,000 for a first offense, $50,000 for a second offense and up to a year in jail for a third.

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You could be eating shark meat and not even know it.

South African fish shops are selling unlabelled or mislabelled shark products, which poses a threat to these endangered species and the unaware shoppers, according to the WWF's Southern Africa Sustainable Seafood Initiative (SASSI).