There is a robust global market for shark fins in particular to meet the demand for shark fin soup. Shark fin soup is a popular (and pricey) dish in some East Asian societies, prized as a symbol of ...

For over a decade, AWI has provided an online database of restaurants in the United States that continue to serve shark fin soup. The goal is to help people avoid such establishments and to call ...

The fins are then used as an ingredient in a delicacy known as shark fin soup. Jurisdictions that have either partial or complete bans on finning, per the Animal Welfare Institute, include the ...

A landmark decision to regulate the trade in sharks for shark fin soup is bound to have ramifications for Japan, a key exporting nation. Blue sharks were among 54 species of requiem sharks that ...

only for operations to go south when shark fin soup is served at a wedding banquet. Roughly 70 to 100 million sharks are killed in commercial fisheries every year, with their fins often ending up ...

Often the crew would sell the fins in parts of Asia where shark-fin soup is a delicacy. When the zero-tolerance policy went into force in 2012, the inspectors were relieved, Mitchell says ...

The illegal trade in shark fins is a global issue that is driven by the demand for shark fin soup - a delicacy and status food item in East Asia. Sharks have been targeted for many centuries, mainly ...

“People consume shark’s fin soup mostly during weddings, birthdays, and festival celebrations.” More than a third sold in Hong Kong comes from vulnerable or endangered species Shark fin is ...