Steps Towards Ending Shark Finning?

Steps Towards Ending Shark Finning?

by Editor

Shark Finning; the barbaric practice of trawling the Oceans for sharks, then removing their fins to sell them at at high price for shark fin soup.

Shark fin soup is a delicacy in China and is served as a status symbol of wealth and power! In the following news snippet we see a positive step towards banning the practice of harvesting sharks for their fins all together?

News Source: The Dispatch

Shark Fin Soup. A tasteless broth consumed as a status symbol in China.





Shark-finning is already illegal in the U.S., but legitimate commercial fishermen are allowed to sell the fins of the sharks they harvest for their meat.   The bill approved by the Senate yesterday changes that and further hampers a legitimate commercial fishery in West Ocean City.


Watch this short clip from Planet 100

Shark Finning

What do you think?

Should we ban the practice of shark finning globally?

Do we need to start preserving our oceans and the species that inhabit them?

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