These are the internet petitions to protect sharks and demand a ban on shark finning that I am aware of. Sign as many of them as you can!

If you know of any others please let me know!

Added August 26th 2010:

Free the whale sharks in Tateyama Japan - they are being held captive in Hasama Ocean Park after being caught recently by fishermen. Sign here.

Stop Nomura's $1.6 billion ocean raid. This is an environmental crime, and this company needs to be stopped. Please sign the petition here.

Added August 24th 2010:

Petition to the US Senate to remove the loopholes in shark finning legislation.

Petition to stop exporting shark fins from Peru.

Campaign against shark finning in Costa Rica. Sign the campaign letter (organised by Ethical Traveler).

Ocean Conservancy campaign to save sharks. Click here to sign the petition.

Added January 18th 2010:

Petition to urge the government of the Bahamas to ban the importation of shark related items and to ban shark fishing. Please sign it here.

Added November 2nd 2009:

Petition the US Senate to close holes in current shark finning legislation. Click here to sign.

Sign this petition to remove the shark nets in Australian waters.

Added August 27, 2009:

Tell the UK government to close the loophole that allows sharks to be finned at sea.

Ask the South African government to increase protection for sharks.

Petition to ask New York restaurants to stop serving shark fin soup. This has been set up by New Yorkers Against Shark Finning - www.nyasf.org. "We, and many other environmentally conscious New Yorkers, feel strongly that serving Shark Fin Soup in US restaurants, where the practice of shark finning is banned, is a moral contradiction to our shared goal of protecting the environment. We therefore urge that restaurants start taking an ethical stand and accept full responsibility for what they are serving to customers by eliminating this one dish from their menu."

Petition organised by the Galapagos Conservation Trust against shark finning. Petition to the UK and EU to implement a total ban on shark finning. We, the undersigned, urge the UK Government and EU to implement a shark management plan and ban shark finning, and urge the United Nations to support a worldwide shark finning ban and demand that all nations implement the UN FAO International Plan of Action for Sharks.

The Shark Trust has an on-line petition to the European Commission ask for a European plan of action for sharks and rays.

Sign Wild Aid's petition to encourage Ban Ki-Moon and the UN General Assembly to take action immediately to protect the shark populations across the globe and stop shark finning.

The Sharklife Conservation Group, which is based in South Africa, currently has three ongoing campaigns. The first is to pressure the South African government to protect the Zambezi shark. Catch data show a reduction in the size and number of Zambezi sharks caught in nets along the coastline, indicating a likely reduction in the population. The second is to urge South Africa to take a sustainable approach to fishing and to stop longline fishing which has an adverse impact on shark populations, particularly the blue shark and short fin mako. The third is to tell Alibaba to stop promoting the shark fin trade.

Petition to the President of the People's Republic of China to tell the government to ban the catching, import and sale of sharks and all shark related products.