and liver oil. 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 ...

The practice involves "cutting off a shark's fin, often while the shark is still ... This has led to an "emergence of fresh markets for shark meat, oil and other products in countries that had ...

Sharks worldwide are imperiled by overfishing. Yet experts disagree on whether policies in Florida and the U.S. aimed at protecting sharks have in fact done the opposite. In Part I of this three-part ...

Shark finning kills an estimated 73 million sharks each year, driven by the demand for shark fin soup. In 2000, President Bill Clinton signed the Shark Finning Prohibition Act, making it unlawful to ...