Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that a Queensland man has been caught with more than 3 000 shark fins, likely destined for the black market, and that we do not know the origin of the shark fins or how they were caught;

(b) acknowledges that the high prices that shark fins fetch plays a significant role in encouraging illegal fishing and import in Australia; and

(c) calls on the Government to:

(i) ban the possession, sale and/or trade of imported shark fin in Australia, and

(ii) appoint a working group to determine how to implement this policy.

Question negatived.