In order to protect sharks in the wild, the United States several states have or are about to adopt the prohibition of consumption of shark fins (shark fin) soup of the law. For example, Hawaii requires a local restaurant on June 30 this year, the stock fin "destroy." Otherwise, it will face from 5000 to 15,000 U.S. dollars in fines. In addition, Oregon and Washington have passed similar laws.
American scholar said, in order to meet the demand for shark fins of mankind, and now the world's sharks are killed a year up to 73 million, may cause 90% of the world endangered status of wild sharks. In addition. Because of the economic value of shark meat is not high, these sharks are alive when their fins cut off after he re-cast into the sea by fishermen, and ultimately loss of activity due to starvation in the sea.
Since sharks grow slowly, have low reproductive rate, it is difficult to achieve large-scale artificial breeding. Scientists worry that the shark in the food chain to become killing by human over-exploitation of marine animals in the most vulnerable, fragile food chain in the ocean will be seriously affected. In addition, although there is no current U.S. law prohibits the trading of shark fins, but allow the import of shark fins.
Currently, the United States the largest shark fin consumption in the region is also brewing ---- California passed legislation, a total ban on shark fin trading activities. Since these proposals are initiated by the local descent, both inside and outside of Chinatown in San Francisco lead to a no small controversy. Interestingly, the younger generation of local Chinese and their parents in the issue of whether to ban shark fin view a huge difference.
Older generation of Chinese residents in California, said, "Fasting shark fin," the decree goes too far, should be retained legal catch people eat shark fin right, not because of "green" to repeal lasted thousands of years of traditional culture. Owners of the local Chinese food more that once "young people" to promote the abolition of government legislation shark fin trade, the next step I am afraid to continue to license the name of environmental protection to prohibit the belly on the market.
The investigators found that most Chinese dishes are seafood Museum of San Francisco will provide customers with prices ranging from shark fin soup.
California is the largest outside Asia, shark fins in addition to sources of demand, in fact, the shark fin is not the only people "demands." Prior to that, because the man had also obtained a large number of cod liver oil and shark hunting. Claims against the consumption of shark fin, this seafood is expensive, not healthy, for example, high levels of mercury in shark fin, not suitable for pregnant women and young children.
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