Sharks are formidable fish, having survived multiple mass extinction over hundreds of millions of years. But how much do you ...

I am writing in response to the letter “Stop the cruel practice: no more shark fin soup!” (Young Post, May 14). Many countries around the world are still hunting sharks. Although we do not ...

A demand for shark fin soup is one of the driving factors ... Decades of unrestricted overfishing, particularly on the high seas, has led to significant population declines," Ms Hood told the ...

The shark fin trade is believed to have contributed to the precarious status of many shark species worldwide. An estimated one-third of fins sold come from species that are at risk. Critics say ...

Governments of a United Nations meeting on wildlife trade today voted against better international trade controls for five shark species, which are in severe decline because of overfishing for their ...

"Despite myriad regulations intended to curb shark overfishing, the total number of ... from anti-finning regulations." Beyond shark fin soup, this pivot has caused shark meat to be "used in ...

Makos, like many sharks, are especially vulnerable to overfishing because of their small ... mounted on the dorsal fin—send signals to satellites every time the sharks surface, allowing ...

Sharks as a species are still going strong, though, and they remain one of the oldest creatures on earth! Unfortunately, ...

FIU scientists have discovered two major problems after analyzing small shark fins from Hong Kong markets — small coastal species are much more common in the international fin trade than previously ...

Ramsay even discovered a fin belonging to a Great White shark, a species extremely vulnerable to over-fishing and which cannot be traded internationally without special licenses.