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 ...

The illegal shark trade is a transnational challenge, and so is the solution.

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 ...

Changing attitudes among young Chinese means shark's fin soup is increasingly off banquet menus, according to a new report from WildAid, which says the consumption of the delicacy is no longer the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES , December 16, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Congress passed the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act tonight as an amendment to the National ...

Many of the 100 million sharks killed each year are slaughtered for their fins alone. The fins are used in shark fin soup, a prized delicacy in Asia. California is one of 10 states that have banned ...

State Sen. Leland Yee, the enigmatic San Francisco politician known for his past brushes with the law and diverse array of stances on major policy issues, positioned himself last year as an opponent ...

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 ...

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The hammerhead shark is among creatures set to receive a higher protection status from a CITES conference in Panama - Copyright AFP/File Ludovic MARIN The hammerhead ...

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, ...