Stop Shark Finning
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Welcome to Stop Shark Finning
Stop Shark Finning is an initiative of Majestic Aquariums, one of Sydney's best-known aquarium stores. Our mission is to foster shark conservation worldwide through knowledge, passion and action.
We envision a world without shark finning.
We envision a world where human practices demonstrate an understanding of and respect for marine ecosystems and their preservation while gaining sustenance for human beings.
We think forward to a time when people will see our connection to the shark and the importance of creating a healthy, balanced ecosystem for both the species within it and for ourselves.
We imagine generations ahead enjoying the abundance of resources and beauty of the oceans.
Join with us at Majestic Aquariums to stop shark finning!
We envision a world without shark finning.
We envision a world where human practices demonstrate an understanding of and respect for marine ecosystems and their preservation while gaining sustenance for human beings.
We think forward to a time when people will see our connection to the shark and the importance of creating a healthy, balanced ecosystem for both the species within it and for ourselves.
We imagine generations ahead enjoying the abundance of resources and beauty of the oceans.
Join with us at Majestic Aquariums to stop shark finning!
What is shark finning?
Let's stop this cruel practice
Shark finning is the practice of cutting of a sharks fins for profit and throwing the shark's finless body back into the sea. Often the shark is still alive and without their fins, they drown or are eaten alive by other marine life.Shark finning has increased over the last decade due to rising demand for shark fin soup and traditional medicines, particularly from China. Regarded as a delicacy, shark fin soup can fetch over 100US dollars a bowl and hence is seen as a status symbol in Chinese society. Shark fins are incorrectly perceived as having high nutritional value and cancer-fighting abilities, and actually may have detrimental effects due to the high levels of mercury which accumulates in the fins.
As an industry, shark finning is huge, with over a billion dollars a year and suspected ties to organised crime. This lucrative industry is widespread and remains largely unmanaged and unmonitored, even in protected marine areas. As a result, shark finning is one of the main causes for dropping shark populations around the world, with up to 100 million sharks killed every year.
While 17 countries currently prohibit shark finning, there are many parts of the ocean where shark finning continues without restriction. Most of the trade in shark fin ends up in Hong Kong, with major suppliers from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the Americas.
Some countries have moved towards legislating and enforcing a total shark finning ban, but much more progress needs to be made to ensure shark species are able to recover and the balance in marine ecosystems is restored.
We can all stop shark finning by urging our own governments to act and spreading the word!
Sharkwater
Watch this international award-winning documentary by Rob Stewart
For Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a dangerous journey into the balance of life on earth. Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas. Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video, Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the worlds shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure begins with a battle between the Sea Shepherd boat and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives. Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey. Each year 100 million sharks are caught to meet the demand for shark fin soup in Asia. Despite surviving the earths history of mass extinctions, sharks could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed. Destruction of shark populations is a major problem for oceanic ecosystems, and all life on earth, as 70% of our oxygen comes from life in the seas. Stewarts journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the worlds sharks into a fight for his life, and that of humankind.
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Shark Finning
A cruel and wasteful practice - for a bowl of soup!
This is the reality of shark finning.
Fins are sliced off and the rest of the shark is thrown over the side to die.
The fins are then taken back to land, where they are dried and transported to markets dealing in shark fin.
We urge you to find out all you can about shark finning to help stop the slaughter of up to 100 million sharks every year.
Planet in Peril
CNN segment on the shark fin trade
CNN correspondent Lisa Ling and WildAid Executive Director Peter Knights investigate shark finning and the international demand for shark fins that fuels it.
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Support these organisations
Leaders in Shark Finning Campaigns
Conservation International
Greenpeace International
Humane Society International
Oceanic Defense
Shark Alliance
Shark Trust
Wild Aid
World Wildlife Fund
Shark Diving
Get up close and personal with these beautiful creatures!
Here's a video of shark diving in the Bahama's you should watch.
Or why not experience it for yourself?
Whether it is a giant whale shark or hammerhead sharks, shark diving is your opportunity to see for yourself how beautiful sharks really are.
Ecotourism ventures like shark diving show that sharks can be worth more alive than dead. Supporting ecotourism rather than shark finning is the way forward!
Or why not experience it for yourself?
Whether it is a giant whale shark or hammerhead sharks, shark diving is your opportunity to see for yourself how beautiful sharks really are.
Ecotourism ventures like shark diving show that sharks can be worth more alive than dead. Supporting ecotourism rather than shark finning is the way forward!
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jimmyworldstar
Dec 2, 2011 @ 3:48 pm | delete
- I respect cultural practices but it's a waste to just kill a shark for just the fin. Not to mention that it greatly reduces their numbers which could lead to them being endangered. Thank you for the lens.
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ThomasJ4
Oct 1, 2011 @ 1:20 pm | delete
- Shark finning needs to stop immediately. I can't believe how many millions of sharks are killed each year just for their fins.
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