article_snippet.sent: The new rules made The new rules illegal to remove fins from dead sharks and dump the carcasses at sea.
article_snippet.sent: The new rules was already illegal in New Zealand to remove fins from dead sharks.
article_snippet.sent: But the practice of shark finning has been condemned by many environmentalists as inhumane and wasteful.
article_snippet.sent: Imogen Zethoven, director of Pew's global shark conservation campaign, said in an email the ban was an important first step, although was unlikely to reduce the numbers of sharks caught in New Zealand.
article_snippet.sent: Imogen Zethoven, director of Pew's global shark conservation campaign said Pew would like to see nations impose complete bans on catching shark species threatened with extinction, and