There is a glimmer of hope. "Entire bans on shark fishing — not just finning — over large swaths of ocean were the best regulations the group assessed," The Washington Post reported.

However, even as these regulations were being enacted, shark deaths from finning "increased from at least 76 to 80 million sharks between 2012 and 2019," the study found.

But regulations that directly target shark mortality—not finning alone—should be pursued to protect sharks as a whole, the study authors tell Live Science ’s Melissa Hobson.

Led by researchers at Dalhousie University, UC Santa Barbara and The Nature Conservancy, the team came to a surprising conclusion. They found total shark fishing mortality increased from 76 million to ...

Shark finning is the practice of removing the fins from a living shark. The primary market for shark fins is to make shark fin soup, a traditional Chinese dish. Shark Fin Laws In 2000, Congress ...

Shark finning is the practice of fishing sharks, cutting off their fins and tail and dumping them still alive back into the ocean where they inevitably die of drowning or blood loss. The fins are ...

Catch data from 2012 to 2019 reveal shark deaths from fishing increased from 76 million to 80 million per year. Researchers stress that more action is needed to save threatened species.

Despite widespread legislation and fishing regulations aimed at reducing wasteful shark finning practices, global shark fishing mortality is still on the rise, researchers report. The findings ...

For the second year in a row, nations failed to adopt a stronger ban on shark finning (the wasteful practice of removing sharks’ fins at sea and dumping the unwanted carcass overboard) at the annual ...

“Mexico’s weak rules are just not enough to stop the scourge of shark finning,” said Sarah Uhlemann, international program director at the Center. “By not requiring fishers to keep fins attached to ...