Emily Tripp Senior Writer Sharks are among the most threatened marine species in the world due to unsustainable fishing practices. They are killed primarily for their fins that are used in the Asian delicacy, shark fin soup. A new study by University of Miami (UM) scientists, published in the journal Marine Drugs, has discovered high [...]
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 [...]
Environmentalists have just discovered a massacre of hammerhead, whale and Galapagos sharks in a Colombian Sanctuary. This horrible news comes just days after a bill signed in California completed the ban on the trade of shark fins for the entire West Coast.
Emily Tripp Senior Writer Discovery channel’s “Shark Week” has been going strong for 24 summers. It has gained more than 20 million viewers every year since 1995. While it’s safe to say that this series promotes shark education, there are many who worry that there isn’t enough emphasis on conservation. With show titles like “Rogue Sharks”, “Killer Sharks” [...]
Emily Tripp Senior Writer Shark fin soup, what was once a delicacy in China, is now becoming increasingly popular among the middle class and other Asian nations. While it is still the most popular in China, it is also spreading to the West; European demand has grown significantly in the past few decades. Unfortunately, the [...]
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.
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