By JIM ABRAMS – July 8, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House took steps Tuesday to keep shark fins out of soups served in pricey Asian restaurants.

In a voice vote, the House tightened a 2000 law that bans the practice of shark finning, whereby mainly Pacific Ocean fishermen cut off a shark's fin and throw the dying fish back into the sea. Shark fin soup is a delicacy in some Asian countries.

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