Hawaii’s law banning the trade, sell and possession of shark fins has been upheld.
The NOAA had first suggested the federal fishing laws might overrule the state laws, but has since decided the state law will have “minimal impact on federally managed fishermen” and not “unlawfully burden them”
Read the full story at the Honolulu Civil Beat http://www.civilbeat.com/2015/04/noaa-upholds-hawaiis-ban-on-shark-finning/
