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 ...

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 ...

A major culprit is soup. At one time, shark fin soup was considered a delicacy for the elite. But as Asia grows in population and wealth, the demand for shark fins has gone through the roof.

The fins are then used as an ingredient in a delicacy known as shark fin soup. Jurisdictions that have either partial or complete bans on finning, per the Animal Welfare Institute, include 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

No Chinese wedding is complete without a round of shark fin soup – or so Chinese tradition dictates. Hong Kong remains one of the biggest consumers of this traditional Chinese dish, despite the ...

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 ...

Did you know that sharks have been around for more than 400 million years? That means they’ve been around even longer than dinosaurs (who only existed for about 65 million years). In the past 60 ...