Sophie Yeo is a freelance journalist who covers climate change and the environment. She recently relocated from London to Chicago. She has written for the Washington Post, the Guardian, Hakai, Carbon Brief and other publications. https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/contributor/sophie-yeo/rss en Biodiversity Fisheries Solutions Tue, 26 Sep 2017 07:35:07 +0000 Sophie Yeo https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/09/26/the-shark-scientists-opposed-to-a-u-s-ban-on-the-shark-fin-trade https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/09/26/the-shark-scientists-opposed-to-a-u-s-ban-on-the-shark-fin-trade Marine biologists David Shiffman and Robert Hueter argue that pending legislation in Congress to prohibit all trade of shark fins could actually lead to more deaths of the imperiled marine predator.