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Shark fin soup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shark fin soup (Chinese: 魚翅, Pronunciation in Mandarin: Shark fins are the cartilaginous pectoral and dorsal fins of a shark. Finning is vigorously opposed by animal welfare groups; both on moral grounds and also because it is purportedly a major cause for the rapid decline of global shark populations, in some cases by 99% over the last 50 years, leading conservation ecologists and fishery experts to predict widespread shark extinction in 10 or 20 years. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shark_fin_soup   (1009 words)

2 SHARK FIN The cartilaginous platelet is absent in the caudal fin. An elderly shark fin trader reasoned that, since fins have had long years of exercise in the sea, there is no doubt that they are good for the bones and muscles of the consumer. Some traders say that this is a description of the colour of the fins, others that it is a classification by their yield and taste and a third version maintains that shark fins of the white group belong to sharks from shallow waters while the fl belong to sharks from deeper waters. www.fao.org /docrep/005/x3690e/x3690e1g.htm   (2886 words)

Bite-Back - Sharks Frequently Asked Questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20) Shark fin itself can't taste very nice since chefs use a chicken stock to remove or, depending on your point of view, add flavour to the dish. Sharks, swordfish and marlin are at the top of the food chain, and absorb the mercury contamination from the smaller fish they eat. Usually, a shark attack is the result of mistaken identity - the shark believing a swimmer, diver or surfer is natural prey, such as a turtle or seal - and that's why, often after one bite, the victim is rejected by the shark. www.bite-back.com /sharks/story1.html   (1328 words)

Sharks in hot water - Features - The Lab - Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Gateway to Science The Shark Specialist Group at the IUCN (World Conservation Union) estimates that 100 million sharks were killed in shark fisheries and as bycatch around the world in 2002 alone. Shark fins consist of ceratotrichia, soft collagen and elastin fibres commonly referred to as fin rays or fin needles. Traditionally, it was the wealthier classes that could afford shark fin and it became associated with privilege and social rank, a symbol of extravagance and wealth. www.abc.net.au /science/features/sharksoup/default.htm   (1982 words)

Shark Fin Soup - support the ban and stop the killing of sharks worldwide Shark fin provides gelatinous bulk in shark fin soup, but it has no taste – the soup has to be flavoured with chicken or other stock. SHARKS around the world, including those in Thai waters, are threatened with unsustainable exploitation due to increasing demand for sharkfin soup and indiscriminate fishing, a wildlife conservation group warned yesterday. Two of the three major shark fin soup restaurants in the Bangkok area said the campaign has had no effect on their income, while one restaurant at a five-star hotel said that only a few customers had declined to eat the soup, citing the campaign as the reason. www.thailandlife.com /sharkfinsoup.html   (1299 words)

Animal Planet :: Shark Fins ID'ed Sharks are being killed in increasing numbers to satisfy the growing demand for shark-fin soup, said the release. Most shark species are protected in international waters, but this doesn't stop fishermen from hacking the fins from their bodies and tossing the remains. Isolated shark fins generally look the same, and existing genetic tests that can identify sharks from body parts are "too slow and expensive to be practical for monitoring the shark trade," the release said. animal.discovery.com /news/briefs/200207/finsided.html   (326 words)

Shark FIN Cartilage In 1994 we decided that these fine strands of protein fiber contained within the shark fin were far too important as a potential source of angiogenesis inhibition, that we discontinued processing of this raw material for the oriental food market. At a level of 1 microgram of shark fin powder (one hundred thousandth of a gram) there was 100% inhibition of blood vessels in laboratory testing of this product. Seagate Shark Fin is a high-tech freeze-dried preparation of this ancient remedy, eliminating the need to boil the raw material, which has been the principal ingredient in Chinese shark fin in soup. www.seagateproducts.com /shark-fin-cartilage.html   (303 words)

Shark Fin Test Can Identify Species   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20) Shark finning - chopping off the fins and tossing the rest of the animal back into the sea - is increasing worldwide to satisfy the demand in Asian markets for shark fin soup. Existing genetic tests that identify sharks from their body parts are too slow and expensive to be practical for monitoring the shark trade. Shivji and his colleagues evaluated the six shark tests on samples from 33 related species and found that they were almost 100 percent accurate. www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/sharks/InNews/fintest2002.htm   (468 words)

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - Shark Finning It is the mass slaughter of sharks on longlines and in nets for the sole purpose of taking their fins that is responsible for the incredible diminishment of shark populations around the world. The demand for shark fin soup has developed since 1985 and coincides with the rapid growth of the Chinese economy. As conservationists, we must recognize the value of the interdependence of all species in the oceans and that the shark is an important part of the diversity of marine ecological eco-systems. www.seashepherd.org /longline/longline_shark_finning.html   (938 words)

SharkFriends Shark Finning Page Sharks that are caught and their fins cut off are not always dead when their bodies are thrown back into the sea. Shark finning is not only a cruel and backwards practice, it is a waste and a travesty on nature and must stop before the great predator of the sea is lost forever. Shark finning should be made a practice of the past so that children will be able to see and admire sharks in the future... www.sharkfriends.com /sharkfinning.html   (604 words)

Cape Town's 'Biggest-Ever Shark Fin Bust'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20) Marine law enforcement officers swooped on illegal shark fin operators in Cape Town harbour on Monday, seizing thousands of fins in what they say is probably the city's biggest haul of illegal shark fin yet. The fins were confiscated from four different premises in the harbour. Shark fins are often hacked off at sea and the shark is thrown back into the water while it is still alive. www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/Sharks/InNews/capefin2004.html   (514 words)

Shark Fin Soup: An Eco-Catastrophe?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20) One of her primary goals is to combat the cruel "finning" of sharks for shark-fin soup, an expensive East Asian delicacy. But scientifically speaking, shark fin has little nutritional value--and, in fact, it may even be harmful to health over the long term, as shark fins have been found to contain high levels of mercury. Sometimes sharks are dead when they're pulled into the boats, but often, they're still alive as their four fins are cut off with a knife. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/a/2003/01/20/urbananimal.DTL&type=printable   (1434 words)

Chinese Food Recipes - How to prepare Shark's fin in Chinese cooking   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20) Mainly used in such exquisite dishes as shark's fin soup, shark's fin is prized for its slippery and glutinous texture that results in a thickened soup without the use of cornstarch, similarly to bird's nest, another Chinese top delicacies. Shark's fin is tasteless but has an amazing ability to bring out and enhance the flavor of other foods cooked with it. In making shark's fin soup, first class restaurants would use superior stock or "high soup", a bowl of which is made from hours of simmering chickens, fine pork and ham, and at times with dried scallops and abalone into concentrated essence. chinesefood-recipes.com /food_articles/sharks_fin_chinese_cooking.php   (672 words)

Shark Fin Soup A Dangerous Delicacy? - CBS News WildAid also said shark populations around the world are in rapid decline due to overfishing and increased demand for shark fin soup. According to WildAid, sharks are predators at the top of the food chain and so end up as receptacles for all the toxic material that has been consumed by smaller fish feeding in polluted coastal waters. Shark fin soup is highly popular among Chinese populations and is a top draw at restaurants in Bangkok's Chinatown. www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/07/31/world/main517011.shtml   (431 words)

EarthEcho » Blog Archive » Shark fin soup . . . yuck! Sharks are fished all over the world, as many as 100 million a year, with tens of millions of that number sacrificed for their fins alone. The practice of shark finning, barbaric by any definition, entails slicing off the fins of the shark and throwing the rest of the animal back overboard. Shark finning is a cruel and unnecessary practice and a waste of marine resources with dire consequences for the oceans. earthecho.org /blog/?p=22   (519 words)

Sea Shepherd - Disney Cruelly Cuts the Fins off of Sharks for Money Shark populations are crashing worldwide because of both the legal and the illegal trade in shark fins. Shark fins are making their way to Asia from Central and South America, from Africa and from India. The people who order shark fin soup are contributing to the demise of hundreds of species of sharks, and for Disneyland Hotels to be contributing to this diminishment is a disgrace. www.seashepherd.org /editorials/editorial_050528_1.html   (748 words)

Shark's Fin Soup -- ThingsAsian Article Activists say millions of sharks are cruelly killed each month for their fins to serve tables across Asia and are demanding a stop to the trade. Aw is an activist at the forefront of a campaign against the consumption of shark's fin soup, which is little more than boiled cartilage, by educating Asians, the youth in particular, about the cruelty behind this mainstay of Chinese cuisine. After years of photographing sharks and other fish in their natural environment, Aw's eating habits have changed, but he is not a fundamentalist in his food choices. thingsasian.com /browse/stories/.../Food/goto_article/article.3438.html   (1522 words)

Sea Shepherd - Sea Shepherd Replies to the Shark Fin Trade Merchants Association The fact is that sharks' fins must be cleanly cut and it does not make sense for two, three or more fishermen to struggle with and try to hold a live shark down so that they can cut its fins cleanly while it is alive. Fins from the three species of sharks are currently sold in Hong Kong from very limited stocks, all of which have a Cites licence. The shark belongs in the ocean as a vital part of marine eco-systems, it does not belong in the bowl of people with such low self-esteem that they need to show off their wealth by contributing to the diminishment of such valuable oceanic species. www.seashepherd.org /news/media_050606_1.html   (1136 words)

CBBC Newsround | ANIMALS | Poster condemns shark fin trade The campaign to stop sharks being killed for their fins has been stepped up with the launch of a new poster. Fisherman have been cutting off the fins of the creatures and dumping the rest of the body into the sea. Shark fin soup is a posh dish in some Far Eastern countries. news.bbc.co.uk /cbbcnews/hi/animals/newsid_3588000/3588741.stm   (154 words)

Welcome to Shark Fin Group Opened in 1989, Shark Fin House serves exquisite and authentic Cantonese cuisine; with an emphasis on live seafood straight form the water tanks filled with lobsters, crabs and abalones. The original “Shark Fin Restaurant” which was established in 1980 and located at the top end of Little Bourke Street. Since opening in 1994, Shark Fin Burwood has built a loyal clientele who do not wish to venture into the city for Yum Cha but demand the high quality food not readily available in the area. www.sharkfin.com.au /about.htm   (484 words)

The Standard - Disney urged not to serve shark fin soup - Top Stories Shark fin soup has long been decried by environmentalists and animal rights activists for the brutal way in which the fins are harvested and because of overfishing. However, the practice is not illegal here, largely because eating shark fin soup carries cultural significance: it is seen as luxurious and a display of affluence. Shark fin soup can cost nearly US$400 (HK$3,120) a bowl in upscale restaurants around the world. www.thestandard.com.hk /stdn/std/Front_Page/GE23Aa01.html   (746 words)

Wetpixel :: Forums > Shark Fin Soup In Thailand, when the news of too much mercury in the fins came out and consumption lowered about 30% in the restaurants (in 2 DAYS!), the thai government issued a statement that the news was nonsense and that sharks fin was safe to eat. The galapagos, south africa, cocos and the bahamas are all having thier shark populations decimated, primarily, by longliners. Shark cartilage was also actually marketed as an anticancer drug (apparently based on reasearch at MIT no less) in the west in the late 80s. www.wetpixel.com /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t3179.html   (4381 words)

CDNN :: Shark Fin Restaurants ''If shark fin traders do not take any action it will cause them billions of baht in damages in the future,'' Mr Adul said, adding that any proceeds from the court case would be donated to Thailand's tourism authority. WildAid has argued that the trade in shark fins will damage Thailand's valuable tourism industry by wiping out the species of sharks that scuba divers come from all around the world to see. It also said that the way the fins are harvested - by slicing the cartilage off the body and dumping the animal in the sea to die - is cruel, and that the dish has no health benefits, as its proponents claim. www.cdnn.info /eco/e010830/e010830.html   (477 words)

CNN.com - Fin market threatens sharks - August 20, 2002 The major cause of the skyrocketing demand for shark fins is rising affluence throughout Asia, according to Peter Knights, director of WildAid, a conservation organization based in San Francisco. Conservationists are now campaigning to ban the cruel practice of finning, where fishermen cut the fins from live sharks and then throw the creatures back into the ocean to die. Spanish exports of shark fins to Hong Kong are nearly 1,000 tons a year, in a global trade estimated at 7,000 tons and counting. archives.cnn.com /2002/TECH/science/08/20/fin.market.threat   (486 words)

Planet Ark : Environment group adds bite to shark fin campaign Shark fin soup is a favourite delicacy of many Chinese and is widely served in soup at wedding banquets as a symbol of generosity and wealth. Environmentalists have long protested against the practice of "finning", where fishermen hack off the fins of a shark and throw the rest of it overboard, leaving them to die. Shark fin makes a gelatinous soup prized for its delicate texture and taste, whereas shark meat is considered tough. www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/18128/story.htm   (602 words)

UnderwaterTimes.com :: View topic - Shark fin groups hit out at critics' claims Sharks Fin Trade Merchants Association chairman Chiu Ching-cheung said Friday that finning claims by environmental and animal rights organizations are nonsense and he called on representatives of the shark fishing community to defend their industry. Sure, I bet some places do actually use all of the shark; however, it is the demand alone for shark fins that cause and make up for the many who abuse the sharks and leave them to die. There is a shark finning fact sheet on the Shark Trust forum (http://www.sharktrust.org) and you could send this with your letter. www.underwatertimes.com /forum/viewtopic.php?p=1947   (820 words)

Food for Thought: Shark Finning Faces Broader Sanctions, Science News Online, Dec. 11, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20) The problem is not that people eat cartilage-rich shark fins, but that most of the crews harvesting those fins discard the rest of the huge animal—wasting its protein in a remarkably inhumane fashion. In the West, where the allure of shark fins is low, nearly everyone from shark conservationists to U.S. government officials has condemned the practice. The fins were initially put into storage as evidence of a crime, but because they would lose much of their value if maintained in storage, the federal government allowed the defendants to put up a $775,000 bond and take back the fins. www.sciencenews.org /articles/20041211/food.asp   (963 words)

Asian Shark-Fin Trade May Be Larger Than Expected They are caught, finned by fishers, and returned to the ocean, where the shark bleeds to death. Clarke's focused her research in the Sai Yun Pun district on shark fins and other dried seafood species, such as abalone and sea cucumbers, that had measurable trade records. Mako sharks are lined up in rows (top) and numerous shark fins and jaws are available in a market (bottom). news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2003/04/0428_030428_sharkfins.html   (835 words)

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