Shark fin soup to blame for blue shark decline
Scientists say the market for shark fin soup is the likeliest reason for the sharp drop in blue shark numbers over the last 30 years.
Ecology
Mar 9, 2012
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Page 12 - News tagged with shark finning
Law that regulates shark fishery is too liberal: study
Shark fins are worth more than other parts of the shark and are often removed from the body, which gets thrown back into the sea. To curtail this wasteful practice, many countries allow the fins to be landed detached from ...
Ecology
Mar 2, 2012
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New York eyes shark fin trade ban
A group of New York legislators on Tuesday unveiled a draft law banning trade in shark fins, saying the practice, which serves the market for Chinese shark fin soup, was decimating the ocean predators.
Other
Feb 21, 2012
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Fisherman's gold: Shark fin hunt empties west African seas
Retired fisherman Sada Fall is upbeat. His two sons are returning from sea with a boatload of "gold", as he calls shark fins, whose value has near-obliterated the ocean's top predator in these seas.
Ecology
Jan 8, 2012
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Singapore supermarket to stop selling shark fin
Singapore's largest supermarket chain will stop selling shark fin products from April after an inflammatory comment by one of its suppliers triggered calls for a boycott from activists and the public.
Ecology
Jan 6, 2012
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Hong Kong's shark fin traders feel pressure to change
The owner of Shark's Fin City, a dried fin wholesaler in Hong Kong's quarter for all things shrivelled, says there are only a few people who know the truth about sharks, and he's one of them.
Other
Nov 28, 2011
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The shark, a predator turned prey
Sharks may strike terror among swimmers at the beach but the predators are increasingly ending up as prey, served up in fish-and-chips shops, sparking concern among environmentalists.
Ecology
Nov 25, 2011
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Conservation body agrees to protect silky sharks
(AP) -- Delegates at an international conservation meeting agreed Saturday on a measure mandating that silky sharks accidentally caught in fishing gear be released back into the sea alive, marine advocacy groups said.
Ecology
Nov 19, 2011
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New photos reveal Taiwan shark fishing
A US-based environmental group on Wednesday expressed concern over new photos that seem to show the killing of large numbers of "biologically vulnerable" sharks by fishermen in Taiwan.
Ecology
Oct 19, 2011
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Sharks in Australia's Great Barrier Reef in decline
Sharks inhabiting Australia's Great Barrier Reef are in decline due to over fishing, researchers warned, after developing what they said was a new way to measure falling numbers.
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2011
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