Animal Planet showed a documentary
about "commercial shark fishing". The reporter traveled along the
world to find out which companies were still fishing endangered sharks.
Terrible to find out that even in the coastal waters of countries like Costa
Rica (where the preservation of flora and fauna, as well as their environment
has become one of the major issues) local fishermen are triggered to catch all
sharks for consumers.
As the number of sharks is reducing
rapidly (for example: the number of White Sharks has diminished with 95% in
only 50 years) the lack of adult sharks has led the fishermen to catch even the
youngest specimens available.
All in the interest of consumers
who want to have their sharkfin soup. This is even more incredible if you imagine that
numerous ingredients are used to add any flavor to the soup as the highly
appreciated shark fins have hardly no taste at all. Except for the fins, the
shark's body is unusable for human consumption and returned into the sea. A
cruel death for the 'ruthless killers'.
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