Quote: “Legislation is one thing,” Dr. Steinke said. “But I believe these kinds of things can only be driven by the market itself and by the demand.”

I totally agree. If you enact laws to ban shark fin, people will still find a way to get it. The long term solution is to educate people why harvesting shark fin is problematic.

As a person of Chinese descent, I won't buy shark fin, and I encourage others not to do so. There is a wealth of information online about risk to species and ecosystems,  and cruel and wasteful "finning" of sharks.