A United States shark fin ban would undermine sustainable shark fisheries
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to acknowledge the following experts who provided helpful feedback on this manuscript: Sonja Fordham of Shark Advocates International, Russell Hudson of Directed Sustainable Fisheries Inc., Dr. Jenny McCune, Dr. Sally Otto, Riley Pollom, Dr. Jeremy Pittman, and Dr. Colin Simpfendorfer. We would also like to thank two anonymous referees whose suggested changes helped to improve this manuscript.
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