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NOAA agent counting confiscated shark fins. Photo credit: NOAA

SEJ’s Shark Attack: “Humankind at Its Worst”

Emily Tripp Senior Writer The ‘breakfast breakout session’ titled “Shark Attack: ‘Human Kind at Its Worst’” at the SEJ Conference on Saturday was composed of a group of four people, passionate about sharks.  The session title came from impressive words from Jean-Michel Cousteau who once said that “shark finning is humankind at its worst”.  It covered topics from shark [...]

Oct 24, 2011 | 0 comments View Post
Scalloped hammerhead sharks - © Terry Goss 2008/Marine Photobank

DNA Helps Scientists Trace Shark Fins

Groundbreaking new DNA research has, for the first time, traced scalloped hammerhead shark fins from the burgeoning Hong Kong market all the way back to the sharks’ geographic origin. In some cases the fins were found to come from endangered populations thousands of miles away, which points the way to a better protection of these sharks from the international trade.

Dec 31, 2009 | 0 comments View Post