Shark Extinction: Shark Finning

Sharks remain very well identified for their strong well known nature as a king in the ocean. Still, they encounter the threat of going extinct. Who has the ability to threaten the life of these innocent fishes? It’s always the adroit Human! Sharks poaching activities have been prospering since the early 90s, it can be accounted by the drastic growth of the economies and population in some Asian countries mostly the Chinese and Taiwanese, which led to the increase in demand for shark fin soup due to the ritual purposes it supposedly had for their ancestors, It was so expensive back then but now is conducive since they have all our money.

Shark finning is a process where a plethora of shark fins get literally cut off and their bodies are discarded in the ocean. “It is widely adopted because shark fin is the most profitable part of a shark” (Clarke) and it is cost-effective whereby the fishing units can spare space for reserving more fins before landing, time and the fuel can be saved. However, shark finning is a mental and physical destruction to the bodys of the shark. Shark finning is certainly an immoral performance to earn income. Besides the cruelty of shark finning, disposing unused body of sharks into the ocean is egregiously wasting natural resources that can really help us in like medicine. As shark fins is not the only commendable part to be extorted too. “From a medicinal perspective, shark liver oil contains high vitamin A content which has been used to boost the recovery of wounds and heal some respiratory and digestive system problems”, said a doctor in a college where they study fish. Also! Sharks have a diamond texture in their scales enabling, sharkskin to be used as sandpaper for polishing. Another great miscepti...

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