Research from the University of Adelaide's School of Biological Sciences and Wildlife Crime Research Hub has highlighted ...

Shark-fin soup was just a regional delicacy in Canton, south China, until the late 1980s. The Beijing government had derided shark-fin soup as a symbol of elitism, but it ended this stance in 1987.

This was such a special and magical experience, this curious, giant, and beautiful "grandma" white shark swam up to our ...

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Activists in Asia and elsewhere are challenging the tradition of eating shark’s fin soup, citing statistics that the shark fin trade may kill as many as 73 million sharks a year.

Shark fin soup has long been a status dish in Asian countries, notably China, where its use can be traced back to an emperor from the Song Dynasty (960-1279) ...

How Shark Fin Soup Is Turning Sour, and Why That's Sweet for Us Humans. Millions of sharks are killed every year for their fins, but conservationists say the multibillion-dollar trade is becoming ...

We need sharks: As top-dog predators, they keep the ocean’s ecosystems in balance. And we need to stop eating shark’s fin, at least until shark populations have had a chance to recuperate.

Consumers of shark’s fin soup--an Asian delicacy served in Washington D.C. and major cities around the country--may be unwittingly consuming animals threatened with extinction, according to a ...

One reason is the Asian delicacy Shark Fin Soup, which has resulted in the plunder and pillaging -- known as finning -- of nearly 100 million of the sharp-toothed sea creatures each year.

Shark-fin soup is eaten at weddings and other celebrations across Asia. But this gesture of largesse comes with a big environmental price tag. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV.

One hundred million (100,000,000) are killed per year, mostly for shark fin soup. In fact, the shark-fin trade is responsible for 75% of sharks killed each year even though more than 50 countries ...