shark fins

Once shark fins are dried and in jars, it is all but impossible to tell what kind of shark they came from or whether they were finned.

The European Commission proposed a total ban on EU fishermen removing shark fins and discarding the body at sea, The Guardian reported.

Hawaii's first-of-its-kind ban on shark fins went into effect today, and the whole world's watching.

EU countries are the main exporter of shark fins to China, where they are used to make shark-fin soup.

There was a real website based in China that actually sold shark fins, so I kind of exposed that.

In July, Hawaii became the first state in the U. S. to ban the sale, trade and possession of shark fins.

Nutritional elements, amino acid components and collagen characteristics of shark fins were studied.

"There're boats that are going out targeting shark fins, which doesn't occur anywhere else in Australia, " said spokeswoman Adele Pedder.

Shark fins are being "harvested" in ever greater numbers to feed the growing demand for shark fin soup, an Asian "delicacy" .

Before he went into eels, Yang was in the lucrative business of selling shark fins in China for soup.

Today, fishing companies can earn a lot of money for even one kilogram of shark fins.

For the first time, scientists have used DNA from shark fins to determine where they came from.

Do you know how shark fins are collected?

The new law prohibits the possession, sale or distribution of shark fins in the islands.

Two years ago we banned trade in shark fins on all our sites.

Nonetheless, some locals are seduced by the high value of shark fins.

Researchers estimate that 100 million sharks are killed each year, some 73 million of them for the lucrative trade in shark fins.

In 2006, Australian authorities seized 365 Indonesian boats fishing illegally in their waters mostly for shark fins.

But what is the money used to 'buy' the 3 kgs of shark fins or 1000 kgs of iron metal?

And even in China, Ding Liguo, a deputy of the National People's Congress in Beijing, proposed a ban this year on the trade in shark fins.

Up to 22 million pounds (10 million kg) of shark fins are exported annually to Hong Kong by 87 countries, the Oceana report said.

Thousands of shark fins drying on a Hong Kong rooftop.

Workers prepare shark fins for sale in Hong Kong, in September 2007.

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