UK: Shark Fins Act 2023

On 29 June 2023 the Shark Fins Act 2023 was passed into law in the UK (extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), as “an act to prohibit the import and export of shark fins and to make provision relating to the removal of fins from sharks”. Subject to exceptions, Section 1 of the Shark Fins Act 2023 prohibits the import and export of [detached] shark fins, or things containing shark fins [including tinned shark fin soup], into or from the UK. For more information see the UK Government press release.