Implications and trends of the shark industry | Ecological . . . The trade in shark fins is estimated to be worth 400-550 million USD annually and kills up to 73 million individual sharks Shark finning which is the practice of removing the fins of a shark and discarding its body at sea is driven by the high value placed on a shark’s fin
Shark | Attacks, Types, Facts | Britannica Shark species are nondescript in colour, varying from gray to cream, brown, yellow, slate, or blue and often patterned with spots, bands, marblings, or protuberances The oddest-looking sharks are the hammerheads (Sphyrna), whose heads resemble double-headed hammers and have an eye on each stalk, and the wobbegongs (family Orectolobidae), whose skin flaps and protective coloration closely
Saving Sharks From Finning | Audubon - National Audubon Society Even at current fin prices sharks are worth far more alive than dead Visitors to the Canary Islands spent about $22 million in 2010 to dive among sharks and rays Eight percent ($18 million) of Palau’s gross domestic product comes from shark tourism A single reef shark in Palau has an estimated lifetime value of $1 9 million
Waiter, theres a shark fin in my soup. . . - NZ Herald In parts of China, a bowl of steaming shark fin soup confers upon the consumer an exclusive status, supposed good health and virility With a growing Chinese middle class, shark fin soup is no
Sharks | International Plan of Action for Conservation and . . . The value of world trade in shark commodities approaches USD 1 billion per year Global shark catches reported to FAO have tripled since 1950 reaching an all-time high in 2000 with 868 000 tons Since then, though, a downward trend can be observed with about 22% lower catches (680 000 tons) in 2018