Without sharks, the health and productivity of our oceans—and dependent livelihoods and economies—are at risk. Many shark populations have faced steep declines due to years of exploitation for their ...

At present, the practice is known to occur only in Costa Rica, where fishermen have developed the process in order to get around their country’s shark finning ban. While some may consider this to be ...

Conservation efforts for marine life are growing at a rapid pace — and one of the most consequential has been bans against the finning of sharks. But while numerous countries have enacted ...

We are all animals and have the right to live. Moreover, with the increasing rate of shark deaths, it would upset the entire ecosystem. Ban it. Cutting off shark fins is not much different from ...

And Taiwan was the first country in Asia to ban shark finning. Filming dead sharks wasn’t pleasant, but it did show just what sharks are up against.

If the lion is considered the king of the jungle, then we think the shark takes the ocean crown for being the king of the sea. Unlike dolphins, which are mammals and breathe air like us, sharks ...

In a world first, Dr Hawkes’ team have attached front and rear facing cameras to sharks’ dorsal fins. However, as was demonstrated when Landward joined the expedition, it is not a ...

After hoisting a shark aboard, many fishers would chop off the fins and dump the rest of the body overboard to die. Those flat appendages fetch a high price since they serve as the key ingredient ...

HONOLULU--A business that owns a Japanese fishing boat pleaded guilty Thursday in a case involving Indonesian crew members who cut fins from sharks. Hamada Suisan Co. Ltd. agreed to pay a $126,000 ...