often through the use of destructive and indiscriminate fishing methods such as longlines, gillnets, and trawls. The international shark fin trade is largely unregulated, so sharks caught accidentally ...

But a century of fishing appears to have taken a toll ... and their fins are prized in Asia for shark fin soup, a combination that has put makos under significant pressure. But how much pressure ...

serve or sell shark fin products. Information on which jurisdictions and companies have (or in some cases, have not) taken steps to ban shark finning/fishing are listed below. This list was comprised ...

Beyond shark fin soup, this pivot has caused shark meat ... "Entire bans on shark fishing — not just finning — over large swaths of ocean were the best regulations the group assessed," The ...

But a new study has spotlighted an equally critical, often overlooked problem in the shark fin trade: small fins. Through a comprehensive DNA analysis, they discovered that small coastal shark ...

A fishing-themed Instagram page on Sunday posted a “viral alert” image showing an angler posing with the head of a large shark and asked followers: “What did this?” A little research ...

He said the fishing line goes behind them a few miles ... they plan on putting a camera on the shark’s fin so they can watch where it goes after they release it. “It’s definitely cool working with ...

Ramsay even discovered a fin belonging to a Great White shark, a species extremely vulnerable to over-fishing and which cannot be traded internationally without special licenses.

Hong Kong’s controversial shark fin trade may face its biggest shake-up in years if conservationists get their way in securing tighter regulations at an international wildlife conference in Panama.

He was casting about 400 feet out with black fin tuna head as bait when ... catch for myself and for land-based shark fishermen." Vanegas said he was fishing for bull sharks, but stumbled across ...