• Fishermen get crafty to circumvent shark fin ban.
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[img]http://i.imgur.com/ClXpvnv.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/ptun3IQ.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.imgur.com/wNxDrkM.jpg[/img] [quote]Authorities in Costa Rica have identified a new method used by fishermen to circumvent a ban on killing sharks for their fins. According to an INTERPOL alert, fishermen are now leaving a band of skin to keep the fin attached to the spine when they kill sharks. This approach takes advantage of an apparent loophole in regulations governing the shark fin trade. [B]"This method is aimed at circumventing legislation banning finning which states that the fins of the shark must be ‘naturally attached’ to the body,"[/B] said INTERPOL in a dispatch known as a Purple Notice, which provides information on approaches used by criminals to further their trade. [/quote] [url]http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1110-shark-fin-technique.html[/url] Incredible what people are willing to do for these triangles of cartridge.
Jesus christ how can be somebody so ruthlessly greedy.
So they're killing share for fins, but they're making it look like they're steaming skin AND fins, so it's all okay. MY HEAD HURTS! :downs:
[QUOTE]The shark fin industry has surged since the 1990's due to rising consumption in East Asia, where shark fin is considered a delicacy and believed to have curative properties. [/QUOTE] Well looks like Sharks will be going extinct if China continues to expand.
Holy fuck, that's even worse.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;42821657]Jesus christ how can be somebody so ruthlessly greedy.[/QUOTE] It's because a lot of people are all about that dollar.
The funny thing is it is not even tasting good. It has no taste. Just a stupid status symbol. Like a painting looking like shit but selling for millions. [video=youtube;r65FgUYdBOc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r65FgUYdBOc[/video] Fuckin chinese.
[QUOTE=SuddenImpact;42821737]The funny thing is it is not even tasting good. It has no taste. Just a stupid status symbol. Like a painting looking like shit but selling for millions. [video=youtube;r65FgUYdBOc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r65FgUYdBOc[/video][/QUOTE] Yeah shark meat tastes awful It has no taste Sharks literally taste like water
[QUOTE=LVL FACTORY;42821761]Yeah shark meat tastes awful It has no taste Sharks literally taste like water[/QUOTE] Shark fins are not even meat. It has no nutritional value. It is like the cartilage that you have in a bad cut of steak. You don´t eat that stuff, you throw it to the dogs.
Pieces of shit.
In some parts of Asia they are still hunting down a ton of animals for so-called medicinal properties, despite countless studies showing these "medicines" have no effect on anything. But yeah apparently if you trust your local chinese traditional medicine bullshitter you can get a raging hard-on by ingesting rhinoceros horn powder or eating tiger balls, and skins fermenting in a jar of booze will somehow cure most illnesses including cancer.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;42821657]Jesus christ how can be somebody so ruthlessly greedy.[/QUOTE] By being ruthlessly greedy, duh!
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;42821687]Well looks like Sharks will be going extinct if China continues to expand.[/QUOTE] If the shark finning trend continues as previous then perhaps, but the popularity is starting to decline. No doubt the international community has contributed a lot to it. [QUOTE]Within two months of the China Daily report, China ordered officials throughout the country to s[B]top serving dishes made from protected wildlife at official banquets[/B], and in September, the Hong Kong government issued a similar order.[30] According to WildAid, [B]consumption of shark fin soup in China has dropped by 50 to 70 percent since 2011[/B]. China's commerce ministry indicated that [B]consumption of shark fin soup during the 2013 Spring Break holiday had decreased by 70 percent from 2012[/B], and Hong Kong industry groups reported that[B] shark fin imports were down by 20 to 30 percent from 2012.[/B][30] Also, anecdotal evidence points to a worldwide drop in shark fin prices and a move away from shark fishing in parts of Africa.[30][/QUOTE] [editline]10th November 2013[/editline] However, that does not mean shark fishing or finning will ever stop. tbh I don't really know what sharks are used for, I've never heard about eating sharks. Here's a graph from Wiki. Pretty interesting. [t]http://i.imgur.com/hwaPb2B.png[/t]
But it's traditon
idk they should just slap RESEARCH on the side of their fishing vessels like the Japanese
[QUOTE=Swebonny;42821956] However, that does not mean shark fishing or finning will ever stop. tbh I don't really know what sharks are used for, I've never heard about eating sharks. [t]http://i.imgur.com/hwaPb2B.png[/t][/QUOTE] Meat, fins, recreation. Shark [I]fishing[/I] doesn't need to stop per say, it just needs to be regulated and monitored so that populations can stay healthy. Just like all fishing should and needs to be. Shark [I]finning[/I] (The practice of cutting the fins off a shark at sea and discarding the still alive body back to sea) needs to stop, and is steadily being banned world wide. Though from this story it sounds like some have found a way to get around the bans. The reason people used to fin sharks is because you could stuff more of the lucrative bits of the shark in your cargo hold if you got rid of the less expensive parts, thus bringing a bigger profit. The laws that you had to return to shore with the fins still attached to a body tired to stop this.
[QUOTE=SuddenImpact;42821737]The funny thing is it is not even tasting good. It has no taste. Just a stupid status symbol. Like a painting looking like shit but selling for millions. [video=youtube;r65FgUYdBOc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r65FgUYdBOc[/video] Fuckin chinese.[/QUOTE] Also, the fake/imitation version will taste almost identical to the real one.
[QUOTE=OvB;42821622]Incredible what people are willing to do for these triangles of [b]cartridge.[/b][/QUOTE] it costs $400000 to fish a sh no no i'm kidding.
I know everyone's gotta make a living but if it's going to be at the expense of another species they can fuck right off
What a waste of good shark meat. What a waste of good shark in general. Like me dad always said, "Every part of an animal is useful, Gordon, don't waste a single bit."
[QUOTE=OvB;42822115]Meat, fins, recreation. Shark [I]fishing[/I] doesn't need to stop per say, it just needs to be regulated and monitored so that populations can stay healthy. Just like all fishing should and needs to be. Shark [I]finning[/I] (The practice of cutting the fins off a shark at sea and discarding the still alive body back to sea) needs to stop, and is steadily being banned world wide. Though from this story it sounds like some have found a way to get around the bans. The reason people used to fin sharks is because you could stuff more of the lucrative bits of the shark in your cargo hold if you got rid of the less expensive parts, thus bringing a bigger profit. The laws that you had to return to shore with the fins still attached to a body tired to stop this.[/QUOTE] Well, at least, when they do this, they do remove the spine, so the shark dies pretty much instantly. It doesn't fix the problem where they load their cargo full of nothing but the fins, but at least it's still something.
Fuck I'm tired of this Chinese medicinal bullshit, they keep being the cause of all these species dying out just because they want to grind up some of the stuff and eat it and think they're cured or their dick is bigger. Fuck off already.
[QUOTE=Moustacheman;42822441]What a waste of good shark meat. What a waste of good shark in general. Like me dad always said, "Every part of an animal is useful, Gordon, don't waste a single bit."[/QUOTE] Your dad sounds like the kind of guy who lives in a van off a freeway and does nothing but hunt and eat peyote.
[QUOTE=Paramud;42822629]Your dad sounds like the kind of guy who lives in a van off a freeway and does nothing but hunt and eat peyote.[/QUOTE] isn't peyote a hallucinogen? don't you mean coyote or something
[QUOTE=SuddenImpact;42821737] [I][B]Fuckin chinese.[/B][/I][/QUOTE] i was going to agree with your point but then you had to throw this in. did you ever stop to think that, oh i don't know, maybe it's not *just* chinese people? you could say the same for any unreasonably-priced "faux" good that's been around for ages. do i disagree with herbal/traditional remedies being a big bag of hoax with a money sign painted on it? hell yes. do i agree with blatant racism? nope.
[QUOTE=SuddenImpact;42821737]The funny thing is it is not even tasting good. It has no taste. Just a stupid status symbol. Like a painting looking like shit but selling for millions. [video=youtube;r65FgUYdBOc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r65FgUYdBOc[/video] Fuckin chinese.[/QUOTE] They're butchering sharks for flavorless drek while I can go down to the local Cantonese restaurant and get a sweet and spicy soup made with chicken necks that tastes absolutely divine for $2.50.
These fisherman are probably just trying to survive, but the thing is when there's no fish left, which is going to happen in a few years, they will have no job at all. Even if the States and Europe place limits on fishing, the Chinese and others fish in other country's waters illegally and deplete the stocks. So be prepared to have no fish in 20 or less years.
Fun fact: the Europeans are/were the main suppliers of Chinas shark fin fix.
I ate shark fin soup once, but I didn't find out until after. It really doesn't taste like anything and isn't special in any sort of way.
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;42821657]Jesus christ how can be somebody so ruthlessly greedy.[/QUOTE] I don't know, it's such a foreign concept in North America. [video=youtube;wceJjcdEaFw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wceJjcdEaFw[/video] [video=youtube;JJ--faib7to]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ--faib7to[/video]
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