But the shark's fin was exquisite: Each filament was silky and jellied, but with a delicately chewy texture. As I sipped the soup, the filaments fluttered against every surface of my mouth, impossible ...

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Worldwide, eleven thousand (11,000) sharks will be killed within the next 60 minutes. That’s 180 sharks per minute; it’s a bloody affair. One hundred million (100,000,000) are killed per year, mostly ...

The fins of an adult shark can only feed five people and many small sharks are killed every day to meet the growing demand. This is not restricted to just shark fins. Many hotels and restaurants have ...

Shark fin soup is a traditional Lunar New Year delicacy, but there have been calls in recent years to ban the ecologically-damaging practice of shark finning. Despite the introduction of anti-finning ...

Players: California Assemblyman Paul Fong and shark supporters; state Senator Ted Lieu and those who oppose Fong's bill to ban shark fins What They Say They're Fighting About: If Fong's bill is racist ...

In May of this year, by a vote of 62 to 8, the State Assembly agreed to ban the sale of the fins used to make shark fin soup. Today, the State Senate held a crowded hearing with witnesses on both ...

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LONDON (Reuters) - Up to four times more sharks than previously thought are being slaughtered to fill the increasing demand for shark fin soup, scientists said on Wednesday. They estimate that each ...

Sharks are harvested worldwide, sometimes for their meat, but more often for the lucrative fin trade centred in Asia. Shark finning is largely unregulated and many shark species are overfished, ...