Where Is Shark Finning Done?
It Is the Gruesome Practice of Cutting off a Live Shark's Fins and Throwing the Rest of the Animal Back into the Sea, Where It Dies a Slow and Painful Death...
It is the gruesome practice of cutting off a live shark's fins and throwing the rest of the animal back into the sea, where it dies a slow and painful death. The fins are used in China and Hong Kong, and by Chinese communities elsewhere in the world, as the key ingredient in shark-fin soup.
Where is shark finning the worst?
Hong Kong is the largest shark fin importer in the world, and responsible for about half of the global trade. The fins sold in Sai Ying Pun come from more than 100 countries and 76 different species of sharks and rays, a third of which are endangered.
Where is shark poaching most common?
That's roughly the population of Mexico or Japan. Or the United Kingdom and Australia, combined. Sharks are caught, their fins are savagely hacked off and most are then thrown back into the ocean while still alive where they die a slow and agonizing death by downing or by bleeding to death.
Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.
