The following post was written by Blue Ocean Institute President & Co-founder, Carl Safina.  To view the original post, please visit www.carlsafina.org

The following post was written by Blue Ocean Institute President & Co-founder, Carl Safina.  To view the original post, please visit www.carlsafina.org

Yesterday the Associated Press ran a story about the Western Pacific nation of Palau, who announced today at the United Nations its ban of shark fishing.