Sentences with phrase «demand for shark fin soup»

The trade is spurred by the demand for shark fin soup, an expensive Chinese delicacy and status symbol commonly served at banquets and other celebrations.

So why the constant demand for shark fin soup?

Every year, in oceans around the world, tens of millions of sharks are hunted to meet the demand for shark fin soup.

Tens of millions of sharks are killed every year in oceans around the world primarily to meet the demand for shark fin soup.

Shark finning kills an estimated 73 million sharks each year, driven by the demand for shark fin soup.

Experts have long cautioned that soaring demand for shark fin soup over the past two decades has imperiled shark populations around the globe.

Shark - finning is lucrative, as fins fetch more than $ 100 per pound in East Asian markets to meet demand for shark fin soup.

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As China's economy booms and the growing middle class increases demand for the soup, shark finning has decimated the once - thriving stocks.

Over the last 50 years, global shark populations have declined by 90 percent as a result of overfishing, which has been exacerbated during the last decades by the growing demand for shark fins, specifically to be used as the key ingredient in shark fin soup.

Shark finning has increased over the past decade due to the increasing demand for shark fins (for shark fin soup and traditional cures), improved fishing technology, and improved market econoShark finning has increased over the past decade due to the increasing demand for shark fins (for shark fin soup and traditional cures), improved fishing technology, and improved market econoshark fins (for shark fin soup and traditional cures), improved fishing technology, and improved market econoshark fin soup and traditional cures), improved fishing technology, and improved market economics.

The wasteful, inhumane practice is done to satisfy a demand for shark fins used primarily for soup but also for traditional Chinese medicine.

Nearly 100 million sharks are killed every year due to the enormous demand for shark fins to make shark fin soup.