Surging demand for shark fin soup among Asia's booming middle classes is driving many species of these big fish to the brink of extinction, a marine conservation group said Tuesday. Oceana, in a ...

Diego Cardenosa has loved sharks ever since he was a child. The Colombia native was never afraid of them when he visited his ...

Shark fins traced to their geographic origin for first time using DNA tools Date: December 2, 2009 ... This coastal species appears to have collapsed in the western North Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.

The primary reason is overfishing; shark meat and fins are highly sought. “They are being killed at a rate that cannot be sustained in the future,” said Cardeñosa.

SAN FRANCISCO — A California proposal to outlaw the title ingredient in shark fin soup, a traditional Chinese delicacy, has turned into a recipe for controversy in San Francisco, a city that is ...

China is the main consumer of shark fin soup, especially for wedding banquets. The delicacy is a status symbol meant to show off the family's wealth. News Indian River Martin St. Lucie Sports ...

Shark #409834 spotted a year later, in June 2023, with a healed dorsal fin. Josh Schellenberg, CC BY-NDI knew immediately it had to be #409834 from the previous summer. A few days later, John was ...

A new law Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Sept. 18 aims to clamp down on the illegal shark fin trade while ensuring Florida's commercial shark longliners can continue to fish and sell shark parts in the ...

The U.S. is set to ban the buying and selling of shark fins, a lucrative ingredient prized in some cuisines but that is tied to a practice condemned by wildlife advocates as cruel and unethical.

A shark fin is tied with rocks to help it keep its shape as it dries. A new study of shark fins at markets made the surprising find that many were fished from coastal waters, not the high seas, as ...