Sentences with phrase «global shark fin»

Pretoma, a small conservation group with a budget of $ 300,000 annually, has worked tirelessly in the past decade to draw attention to the highly lucrative global shark fin trade.

Although shark fins aren't widely consumed in the country, a growing demand from China has encouraged Indonesian fishermen to catch more and more sharks, making Indonesia one of the largest players in the global shark fin trade.

A new analysis of worldwide customs and trade data published in the journal Biological Conservation confirms that shark - fin trade has dropped by approximately 25 percent over the last decade «Although we can't say that we fully understand the scale or the cause of the shark fin trade decline in China, it seems safe to conclude that demand for fins is waning, and that sounds like good news for sharks,» says global shark fin trade expert Shelley Clarke, a co-author on this study.

Not exact matches

One moment, say, dealing with global warming issues, another, say, trying to save the tiger or save the sharks from finning.

Last year, Hilton announced a global ban of the sale of shark fin in all owned and managed properties.

This study compared the global trade in shark fins to trade in sea cucumbers, and found that the news isn't universally good for conspicuous consumption products based on threatened sea life..

In the wake of growing global concern over decreasing shark populations and degrading health of marine ecosystems, Humane Society International India has petitioned leading airlines in India to end their role in the international trade in shark fins.

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.

«With the global trade in shark fins pushing sharks toward extinction, it will take strong actions such as this to prevent us from making irreversible changes to our ocean ecosystems,» said Whit Sheard, senior advisor for Oceana, a maritime conservation organization.

It not only made him a celebrity in the marine and conservation community but inspired global efforts to ban shark - finning.

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Up to 73 million sharks are killed annually to support the global trade in their fins.

Demand for shark fins drives the global shark trade, with Hong Kong responsible for half the world's catch.

Iris Ho, wildlife campaigns manager of Humane Society International, said: «Tens of millions of sharks are killed every year to meet global demand for shark fins.