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Sharks thrown to the soup ...

Filed in archive Sustainable Development by mstandaert on October 27, 2006

Sharks thrown to the soup ...
Image from Closer to Free.

Via CSR Asia comes this story at ENN about the numbers of sharks being slaughtered just for their fins for shark fin soup:

Up to four times more sharks than previously thought are being slaughtered to fill the increasing demand for shark fin soup, scientists said on Wednesday.

They estimate that each year between 26 million and 73 million sharks, weighing up to 2.29 million tonnes, are killed for their fins which are used in the delicacy that costs $100 a bowl in Chinese restaurants.

Figures reported to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation put the number at 0.4 to 0.6 million tonnes a year.


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