There is a robust global market for shark fins in particular to meet the demand for shark fin soup. Shark fin soup is a popular (and pricey) dish in some East Asian societies, prized as a symbol of ...

At present, the practice is known to occur only in Costa Rica, where fishermen have developed the process in order to get around their country’s shark finning ban. While some may consider this to be ...

Manila: A conservation measure to close a shark-finning loophole was defeated in Manila at the ... The members of the WCPFC opened this process up to NGOs, and WWF will play a major part in this ...

Conservation efforts for marine life are growing at a rapid pace — and one of the most consequential has been bans against the finning of sharks. But while numerous countries have enacted ...

Sharks were never far from our minds as we grew up on the beach in Adelaide. Although attacks were rare, they were real. My grandfather was witness to the fatal mauling of a swimming instructor in ...

They bleed and suffer in the sea. The process is cruel. This can be stopped by banning the shark fin trade. If it’s banned, shark hunting would decrease. People nowadays seem to neglect the ...

“Shark fin is symbolic of being rich in Chinese culture ... created using the Cyanotype technique – a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. Spinning the interactive ...

It’s the largest criminal monetary penalty in a federal shark finning case ... “HSKK is currently in the process of deciding whether to wind down its fishing operations entirely.” ...