Sentences with phrase «selling shark fins»

More bans worldwide on possessing or selling shark fins, as well as significant education efforts about the importance of sharks are as important as any changes in fishing practices.

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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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Up to 100 million sharks are killed each year by finning: Fishermen cut off a shark's dorsal fin to sell as a delicacy and dump the wounded animal back into the ocean to die.

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.

Safe shark diving is good for tourism; a live shark can be worth «tens of thousands of dollars» compared to the «hundreds» that can be made by selling its fins.

Although the states have varied exceptions and statutory penalties for violations, all the bans make it unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute shark fins within that jurisdiction.

AB376 states, «This bill, except as specified, would make it unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, trade, or distribute a shark fin, as defined.»

* 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

«University of Hawaii researchers used DNA to determine what species of shark fins are sold in Hong Kong.

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).