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Wild Aid reports that Toronto City council has voted to ban the sale and possession of shark fin by a majority of 38:4 in a vote taken yesterday. The council has also urged other municipalities, provincial governments, and the federal government to act on the issue of shark fin. The proposed bylaw would impose fines ranging from $5,000 for a first offense to $100,000 for a third offense. Toronto is the largest market for shark products in Canada.

Despite opposition to the bill from the mayor, Rob Ford, Toronto now becomes the fourth city in Ontario to enact a shark fin ban, joining Brantford, Oakville, and Mississauga.