>>> Click Here To See More Shark Finning and Shark Fishing Pictures ... Recent data indicates that up to 73 million sharks are killed each year to satisfy the shark fin industry. This number includes sharks taken by illegal shark fin traders, data that does not show up on official statistics.
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WildAid, an international conservation group last Thursday launched its latest study on the global shark-finning crisis, including statistics in Thai seas. Every year, the study said, 100 million sharks are finned worldwide, mostly to supply restaurants for shark fin soup.
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www.thailandlife.com/sharkfinsoup.html
www.thailandlife.com/sharkfinsoup.html
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Scientists studying trade statistics from Hong Kong's bustling dried seafood markets have found that the global shark fin trade may have been significantly underestimated. The study intensifies conservationists' concerns for sharks and other threatened marine species. ... Lead author Shelley Clarke of Imperial College,
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news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0428_030428_sh...
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Shark Finning in Hawaii ... What they start with are federal statistics showing that the Asian hankering for shark fins has caused the regional catch to skyrocket.
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www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/InNews/finning.htm
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Sharks/InNews/finning.htm
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IUCN notes the European Community proposal to prohibit the practice of shark finning by adopting a Council Regulation ‘on the removal of fins of sharks on board vessels’ that would apply within all EU waters and to all EU vessels wherever they fish.
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www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/organizations/ssg/iucnsharkfinni...
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/organizations/ssg/iucnsharkfinningfinal.pdf
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According to available statistics, shark finning in Hawai`i has increased 22 times in the last 6 years and according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) not only should the waste of sharks be stopped, but the reduction of sharks in the ocean environment can cause an imbalance among other...
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www.pacfish.org/posit/sharkfin.html
www.pacfish.org/posit/sharkfin.html
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Shark finning refers to the removal and retention of shark fins and the discard at sea of the carcass. The shark is most often still alive when it is tossed back into the water. Unable to swim, the shark slowly sinks toward the bottom where it is eaten alive by other fish.
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www.oceanicdefense.org/campaigns/stop-shark-finning.htm...
www.oceanicdefense.org/campaigns/stop-shark-finning.html
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14% of the total weight of a shark but bring in on the international market substantially more than shark meat. The fins are used exclusively for shark fish fin soup. Finning is cruelly however lucrative; for a kilo ... Hong Kong and the mainland China dominate the world-wide shark fin market to 50%. Statistics from Taiwan, Singapo...
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www.visiondive.com/sites/protection/english/shark.html
www.visiondive.com/sites/protection/english/shark.html
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There is no global shark-finning regulation in place, and only very recently has the United States implemented its own national regulations. ... Part I of this Note provides background on the shark finning industry and on various preliminary measures that some nations have adopted toward prohibiting the practice.
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www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/lwsch/journals/bciclr/24_2/07...
www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/law/lwsch/journals/bciclr/24_2/07_TXT.htm
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