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 ...

Another reason to give up shark's fin soup: more than a third sold in Hong Kong comes from vulnerable or endangered species So what about the government? Hong Kong embraces free trade and the ...

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 ...

However, these fins are highly valued for their use in shark fin soup, a delicacy in China and other east Asian countries. I've been investigating the industrial fishing fleets that operate in the ...

Shark fin soup is a delicacy in China and was traditionally believed to have health benefits. But modern scientists point out that shark tissue, including the cartilage of the fin, can be ...

While the practice remains commonplace in many East Asian countries, China and Hong Kong have banned shark fin soup at government events. Many of the finning bans began being implemented in the ...

The report (in Chinese), An Overview of Shark Utilization in the Coral ... fishing for sharks is currently the demand in Asia for fins, which are used in shark fin soup. Today, the vast majority of ...

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 ...

Paul Hilton 's Image Workers at Dong Gang Fish Market in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, routinely process thousands of frozen shark fins a day to service the growing international demand for shark-fin soup. Once ...

A landmark decision to regulate the trade in sharks for shark fin soup is bound to have ramifications ... and a large amount is exported to China and elsewhere. Their meat is used as an ...

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 ...