Yet, in a relatively short period of time, humans and their technological arsenal have driven most shark populations to the ...

often through the use of destructive and indiscriminate fishing methods such as longlines, gillnets, and trawls. The international shark fin trade is largely unregulated, so sharks caught accidentally ...

serve or sell shark fin products. Information on which jurisdictions and companies have (or in some cases, have not) taken steps to ban shark finning/fishing are listed below. This list was comprised ...

Beyond shark fin soup, this pivot has caused shark meat ... "Entire bans on shark fishing — not just finning — over large swaths of ocean were the best regulations the group assessed," The ...

But a century of fishing appears to have taken a toll ... and their fins are prized in Asia for shark fin soup, a combination that has put makos under significant pressure. But how much pressure ...

The Saya de Malha Bank, with its rich biodiversity, should be teeming with sharks, but the predators are conspicuously absent. The culprit: a fleet of more than 200 industrial fishing vessels and the ...

As the recreational fishery chips away at shark populations outside the boundaries of scientists’ data books — and as a new ...

Dried shark fin, cigars and electronics products found in hidden compartment of fishing vessel bound for mainland China.

It was something else. Caught a lot of sharks in my day, done a lot of shark fishing and that thing just pulled a little differently,” said Cpt. Will Daley of Fishing Headquarters. Keyton said ...