Sentences with phrase «selling shark fin soup»

For instance, Hawaii has outlawed selling shark fin soup and California is in the process of approving a ban on selling shark fins.

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They are sold to the restaurant trade and exported to Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and China, where they are consumed as shark fin soup at important events.

* Humans kill at least 100 million sharks annually * The vast majority of caught shark fins are used in soup * All recorded shark species, with one exception, have declined by more than 50 % in the past 8 to 15 years * Shark fins currently sell for about $ 500 per shark fins are used in soup * All recorded shark species, with one exception, have declined by more than 50 % in the past 8 to 15 years * Shark fins currently sell for about $ 500 per shark species, with one exception, have declined by more than 50 % in the past 8 to 15 years * Shark fins currently sell for about $ 500 per Shark fins currently sell for about $ 500 per pound

Between 100 and 200 million sharks are killed each year, mostly for their dorsal fins (to make soup, popular in parts of Asia, particularly Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Japan and now China) and their jaws (sold to ignorant or unscrupulous collectors).