I urge you to vote "YES" on S. 850, The Shark Conservation Act of 2009.

By closing loopholes in the Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000, this bill will help put an end to the wasteful practice of "finning" -- slicing off a shark's valuable fins for soup and tossing the body back to sea -- and ensure the US is a leader in shark conservation.

We urge the Senate to pass this important bill and thereby ensure that the US finning ban is the world's best and a model for other countries.