Enormous body, rapid swimming speed, fatal bite and decent sensory organs——sharks are well known for their prominent instinct as a top predator in the ocean. Still, they are encountering the threat of going extinct. According to the research of IUCN, 181 out of 1044 shark species are listed as endangered, vulnerable or threatened, while 488 shark species are judged as unknown due to insufficient information. Who has the ability to threaten the life of these beasts? Human beings.
Sharks catching activities have been prospering since the early 90s, it can be accounted by the drastic growth of the economies in some Asian countries like China and Taiwan, which led to the increase in demand for shark fin soup. For the sake of satisfying the Asian
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It is widely adopted because shark fin is the most profitable part of a shark (Clarke, Miler-Gulland, & Bjorndal, 2007) and it is cost-effective whereby the fishing units can spare space for reserving more fins before landing, thus time and fuel are saved. However, shark finning is a mental and physical abuse to sharks. Imagine if you are in the ocean with your limbs being cut, your wounds are bleeding and the brine brings you anguish until you die, it is exactly what a finned shark has to experience. Shark finning is indeed an unethical practice to earn …show more content…
Indeed, fish maw and bird’s nest are perfect substitutes for shark fin soup to be served in weddings and banquets. They are viewed as a symbol of wealth, power and status because they are rare and expensive. However, bird’s nest is transformed from swallow’s saliva and fish maw is extracted from the fish species that can breed fast so serving them is much more environmentally friendly and shark fin soup is not a necessity to be