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Dedicated to the conservation and preservation of Sharks History Save The Sharks was founded out of passion and a need for a bilingual South Florida organization. Weve been involved in shark conservation work for over a decade below is a brief summary of our accomplishments In 2010 we helped in the passing of a law that protected Lemon sharks in the state waters of Florida In 2012 we helped in the passing of another Florida law that protects Tiger sharks Smooth Scalloped and Great Hammerheads in state waters We helped support a California law that aims to stops the sale trade and possession of shark fins Weve successfully stopped shark fin soup from being a part of several restaurant menus and stores in the USA and internationally Weve drafted letters showing our disagreement with international finning laws or lack thereof We were involved with CITES in 2013 where it was a historic year for shark conservation Porbeagle Oceanic Whitetips and several Hammerheads gained international protection Weve organized domestic and internationally rallies against shark culls We have conducted small scale independent research to better ID sharks How inappropriate to call this Planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean. Arthur c. clarke Save the sharks Mission Our mission is simple to save the sharks.