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 ...

Each year, up to 73 million sharks are believed killed for their fins, including from many species classified as endangered. Once caught on a baited hook, live sharks are often hauled aboard to have ...

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 ...

In the short clip, which has gone viral online, someone can be heard saying: "There it is look, that's a shark ... videos, live updates David Bastian added: "Look how big the fin is compared ...

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 ...

The consumer demand across Hong Kong and China for shark fins is one of the main reasons why there are fewer sharks in the world. The sharks face an agonising death because their fins are cut off ...

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.