KAOSHIUNG, Taiwan (CNN)-- There is no animal on earth more vilified than the shark. Pop culture references and annual, over-hyped reports of attacks on swimmers or surfers have put sharks on the ...

For over a decade, AWI has provided an online database of restaurants in the United States that continue to serve shark fin soup. The goal is to help people avoid such establishments and to call ...

There is a robust global market for shark fins in particular to meet the demand for shark fin soup. Shark fin soup is a popular (and pricey) dish in some East Asian societies, prized as a symbol of ...

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang state government has banned shark’s fin soup at official functions with immediate effect. The state exco has passed a resolution on ‘No shark’s fin soup for all ...

routinely process thousands of frozen shark fins a day to service the growing international demand for shark-fin soup. Once a delicacy, the dish is increasingly popular with China’s growing middle ...

Moreover, shark fins are tasteless. All the soup’s flavour is from the other ingredients, not from the shark fins themselves. Why can’t we give up something unsavoury to save the marine ecosystem?

“But the problem is that shark fin is still commonly ... Whether it’s advocating and adopting a shark’s fin soup alternative, pushing educational campaigns, or straight-up banning the ...

This London restaurant owner wouldn't even let Gordon Ramsay and his cameras in to see the soup and talk to customers. So in an effort to understand the shark fin demand, Ramsay traveled to Taipei ...

on the trade in shark fins; marine turtles and related products, i.e. eggs and shells; and several tuna species from Coral Triangle countries have been recently finalized, and the findings point to a ...

A landmark decision to regulate the trade in sharks for shark fin soup is bound to have ramifications for Japan, a key exporting nation. Blue sharks were among 54 species of requiem sharks that ...