translate to shark fin soup. Why did she give me that nickname? That nickname, shark fin soup, is a traditional, expensive dish in Chinese culture, and growing up with that nickname, I always thought that I was symbolizing wealth. But just recently, I found out that nickname also meant shark extinction. Because of this soup’s main ingredient is shark fin, the process of shark finning came to be, killing tons and tons of sharks. How about not making shark fin soup and saving the shark population? I
that sharks have been here longer than us humans? Sharks have been swimming the oceans for hundreds to millions of years before the first humans are said to have appeared on land. Unfortunately the shark population has been decreasing due to the shark fishing market. People have often thought sharks as predators to the human race; but truthfully, we should fear living in a world with no sharks. Occasionally, over 100 million sharks are killed by humans. These sharks are killed for their fins most
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
The shark fin trade is the movement of the shark's fins from the fishermens to the market to the customer, more than half of the world's trade in shark fin goes through hong kong. Finning is the inhumane practice of hacking off the shark’s fin and throwing its still living body back into the sea. The sharks either starve to death, or eaten alive by other fish or drown. Sharks fins are mainly used for a popular soup made chinese origin made, called shark fin soup made from shark fin and flavoured
Shark finning is the practice of slicing off the shark's fins while the shark is still alive and throwing the rest of its body back into the ocean. Sharks thrown in shallow water will fall to the ocean floor die from either bleeding to death or drowning. If the shark is thrown back in deep water they can actually implode due to rapid changes in pressure within the shark’s limp body. They can also die by starving to death, being eaten by other fish. Shark fins are used to make a soup that is considered
the famous 1975 Spielberg movie Jaws, which portrays the chaos that sharks can cause. From then until now, movies that showcase the ever-violent personalities of sharks have been popular in the media. They are seen as the face of oceanic brutality, whether they bite off people’s arms or cause turbulence in beach parties. Little does the world know about the dangers that we, humans, do to these natural predators of the oceans. Sharks have been on this earth for nearly 450 billion years. To put that
The Mississauga councilor bans the exchange of shark fins for goods and services as the reputation of shark finning is negative through media, showing that anyone that takes part in such actions would be labeled the same as those committing the act of violence against sharks. This declination caused Mississauga to be the biggest city in Ontario to ban “shark fins” (Grewal 2011). This judgment has occurred the day before Toronto had to make an appeal to the court for their decision against the topic;
Banning overfishing of sharks for their fins Imagine if you and the people closest to you were just doing what you normally do day to day when all of a sudden out of nowhere someone traps you in a net holding you against your will cutting your arms and legs off then just leave you there bleeding to death. Everyday tens of millions of sharks are murdered and hunted primarily for their fins to be used in soup. The definition of shark fining means the removal of shark fins while the rest of the body
Lit Review Sharks are some of the most feared predators by humans and of course my favorite animal. Their numbers are becoming dangerously close to extinction. The elimination of sharks would affect our entire ecosystem in ways we cannot even fathom. The biggest cause for the decline in shark population is shark fishing. Shark fishing is “the practice of cutting of the shark’s fins and throwing the still living shark back into the sea to die.” (Kettles) My goal is to explain how shark finning, which
[Introduction] Sharks are essential to our marine ecosystems, and the continued culling of them can cause the extinction of the species as well as a devastated ecosystem within our oceans. Not only was Jaws the prolific movie that changed Steven Spielberg's career, but it was also the movie that changed the perception of sharks forever. Fear of sharks went up, people stopped going in the water, and shark populations started to plummet. Since the premier of Jaws, shark populations have decreased by
vilification of sharks that has spread throughout the world. Following Jaws, sharks fell victim to the stereotype of the horrendous man-eating creatures which needed to be annihilated. Because of public opinion on sharks, the hunting and finning of sharks has gone unnoticed for years, becoming a significant problem in our oceans. Without a doubt sharks can be ferocious and frightening creatures. Regarded as one of the ocean’s top predators, these
Shark Finning: Should the Practice Be Banned? Ten rows of razor sharp teeth, a jagged fin, rapid swimming speeds, and a vicious bite—it’s easy to understand why so many humans are afraid of the kings of the ocean. Sharks are an apex predator in the ocean, yet their numbers are dropping more and more every day. Why is such a dominant species being depleted, you ask? Humans. On average, humans kill 3 sharks every second. This is stunning compared to the mere ten humans sharks mistakenly kill each
According to Animal Planet, sharks, on average, kill ten humans per year, while humans kill eighty-eight to one hundred million sharks per year. Humans hunt sharks for their meat, internal organs, skin, and primarily for their fins in order to make products such as lubricants, make-up, and mainly shark fin soup. The growing Chinese economy has cause an increase in the demand for shark fin soup. Some species of sharks have reduced over 90% in population for a bowl of soup that has no scientifically
Shark Finning General Purpose: To persuade the audience to support laws against shark finning. Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to go online and sign a petition to help stop shark killings and to support the entire Racing Extinction cause in order to save species around the world from going extinct. INTRODUCTION A. Attention Gainer: For the attention gainer, I plan on showing the audience a two minute and thirty second video in order to display the tragic events that are happening around
tradition, Shark fin soup is called as “a celebration soup”, which people eat it to celebrate in various occasions. Moreover, people also believed that shark fin consisted of diverse nutrition values which provide them virility, wealth, and power(Wolchover, 2011). These beliefs lead to the beginning of poaching for sharks, the top of food chain in the sea world. Surprisingly, although people are aware of the decreasing number of sharks since the old days, around hundred million of sharks are still
Every year, there are about 100 million Sharks killed, ultimately for its commercial success. Their fins are used as the main ingredient for a dish so-called Shark soup. However, many are unaware of the actual importance of Sharks' existence on Earth. They do a number of things to control and balance aquatic life down below, which in return affects how we live on the surface. Sharks have existed in our world for over 400 million years, if they were to suddenly disappear for industrial purposes, much
concern is on sharks, the finning of sharks. Shark finning should be banned due to the reason that it affects species and sharks.Shark finning should be prohibited around the whole world because it lowers the shark population, it makes sharks unable to swim, and other organisms are affected by this practice. Shark finning refers to the removal and the detainment of shark fins while the remainder of the shark is abandoned in the ocean. The sharks are returned to the oceans without their fins and are usually
Filial cannibalism is a biological phenomenon where an adult or a parent of a species attacks and consumes all or some of its offspring. This behaviour is quite common among fish species, the family poeciliidae in particular. Filial cannibalism in poeciliids is very well documented due to their commercial popularity as aquaria fish. Poeciliids are live-bearers and engage in partial clutch cannibalism where the parents only cannibalise on some of their offspring (Manica 2002). Scientists do not fully
Jaws, takes place in a coastal New England tourist town. After a young woman is killed by a shark the police chief and the mayor have differing opinion on what to do about the shark. The police chief, Martin Brody, wants to close the beaches while the mayor, Larry Vaughn, does not want to lose any tourist revenue and overrules him. After another shark attack a bounty is put out for the shark. While a shark is caught it is not the one who has been terrorizing the community. However, the beaches open
Shark nets have been implemented in locations across the world in response to shark sightings and attacks. Nets are submerged beneath the surface of the water, roughly 200 metres from the shoreline. The meshing is designed to be large to capture sharks, leaving them to struggle before eventually drowning under the weight of their own body. The meshing allows small fish to pass through, however captures larger fish and marine species. Shark nets provide no discrimination between common, vulnerable