Chinese restaurants in Hawaii are adjusting to the nation’s first total ban on shark fins — a pricey Chinese delicacy that activists are trying to eliminate from people’s diets to save the world’s ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - We've learned state leaders are trying to convince the federal government not to supersede Hawaii's ban on shark fins. Both the federal and state governments agree shark ...

Hawaii has become the first US state to officially prohibit the possession, sale or distribution of shark fins. On May 28, Governor Linda Lingle signed the shark-finning ban into law after the bill ...

But Kirin Restaurant customers won't be dining in that style starting July 1, 2011, when Hawaii becomes the first state in the nation to ban the possession of shark fins. The state is attempting to ...

The $48-a-plate shark fin has been a favorite dish to celebrate 80th birthdays and fete out of town VIPs since Vienna Hou's Chinese restaurant opened 25 years ago. But Kirin Restaurant customers won't ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The fishermen accused of trying to smuggle nearly 1,000 shark fins out of Hawaii changed their plead in court Friday to guilty. Federal investigators say the 10 Indonesian ...

HONOLULU, May 29 (UPI) -- Shark conservation groups are praising Hawaii, which has become the first U.S. state to ban the sale, possession or distribution of shark fins. Violating the ban could prove ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 30, 2010 (ENS) – Beginning July 1, it will be illegal to possess, sell or distribute shark fins in Hawaii, making the Pacific island state the first in the nation to enact a ...

HONOLULUHONOLULU — Hawaii is attempting to ban the practice of killing sharks for the purpose of making shark-fin soup. The state Legislature passed a bill Tuesday banning shark fins from being ...

U.S. prosecutors in Hawaii are accusing the owners and officers of a Japanese fishing boat of helping Indonesian fishermen smuggle nearly 1,000 shark fins, worth about $58,000 on the black market.

HONOLULU — The $48-a-plate shark fin has been a favorite dish to celebrate 80th birthdays and fete out of town VIPs since Vienna Hou’s Chinese restaurant opened 25 years ago. But Kirin Restaurant ...