It was originally thought that the mammal was a minke whale, but the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group now believes it is more likely to be a fin or a sei whale.
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Its commercials (like the video above) are filled with heart-tugging images: beaches and bayous, the arches of Utah, a fin-tailed convertible cruising a neon-lit street, a girl running through a field of goldenrod, a New Orleans brass band and a biker heading toward the Golden Gate.
The Banqueting House is one of the first restaurant chains to offer a shark fin-free menu.
To simplify (a lot) the tri-gate transistor allows power to flow over three surfaces of a tall and narrow silicon fin, rather than over a flat surface.
America's Cup boats traditionally have been monohulled with a keel a big underwater fin that counterbalances against the wind.
Passengers emerge onto the decks, leaning over the rail in the hope of spotting a telltale dorsal fin.
There is a thinner engine cover, which has a slight dorsal fin appearance.
The turtle is the latest in a large number of sea creatures, including a 40 tonne fin whale, to be found on beaches around Wales.
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Las 35 coaliciones nacionales que la integran movilizan a sindicatos, periodistas y activistas con el fin de presionar a la comunidad internacional para que cumpla sus promesas.
At a spring festival gathering in February, the Hong Kong Pui Ching Alumni Association ordered a 10-course meal but opted to replace the shark's fin soup with a chicken, fish belly and abalone soup.
Peter Dinklage plays Fin, a dwarf who inherits a cabinlike home beside a railroad track in Morris County, Newfoundland.
If you watch closely, you can see them from the shores of Istanbul: The sudden flash of a dark grey dorsal fin cutting through the water.
Most America's cup boats throughout history, including the 2010 versions, were traditional monohulled boats that had a keel: a giant, underwater fin that counterbalances the boat against the wind.
That was partly because his government ordered the arrest of a member of Sea Shepherd, an American green group, for taking part in a police raid on fin traffickers.
Shark fin is a particularly sorry example of the wanton decimation of ocean life feeding more indulgent tastes (see also bluefin tuna) as well as for more basic diets.
Come in summer -- for a day walk, week walk or to finish the whole lot (about eight weeks) -- and you might see the benign fin of a basking shark cruise by the shore.
The state Senate on Tuesday voted 25-9 to ban the sale, trade and possession of shark fin, a key ingredient in the traditional Chinese soup, sending the bill on to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown.
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Visitors are required to wear a life jacket or wetsuit, you cannot feed the fish or submerge yourself beneath them, only three people (plus a guide) are allowed in the water at one time, and, no, you cannot catch a ride on their fin.
Their fins, prized for shark-fin soup, a traditional Chinese dish, fetch high prices.
Mr. Kerckerinck would like to see the sale of shark fins (a key ingredient in shark fin soup) outlawed.
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Shark fin soup is a delicacy reserved for the wealthy on special occasions and it has been part of Chinese culture for centuries.
The biggest driver for shark fishing has been the demand for shark fin soup, a product that is seen as a luxury item among Chinese communities.
Shark fin, of course, is the namesake ingredient of shark fin soup, a popular delicacy in China since the Ming Dynasty and now eaten in Chinese restaurants around the world.
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Borrowman pointed out a distinctive pale-grey saddle patch behind the dorsal fin and identified the orca as one he sees frequently: a 43-year-old male known as A38.
The star of the show is a whole rouget, served dorsal fin upward as if the fish were still swimming.
MEPs on the European Parliament's Environment Committee have tabled a motion calling for a ban on trade in blue fin tuna and polar bears.
Focusing on loans only can be a risky business, especially if Fin Reg calls for more forced social lending to less-than-desirable borrowers, and demands that banks retain 5% ownership of securitizations.
Banks now understand that under Fin Reg, if a counterparty bank runs into trouble, and the government steps in very fast to wind them down, their contracts can be modified or rescinded.
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The glossy black fin and back of a minke whale rose a hundred yards astern, two yellow-striped dolphins broke water and plunged down again, and then the flow of the turned tide could be seen as a chop on the water, small standing waves that indicated the Minch was reversing its direction.
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