Persuasive Essay-Shark Finning Should Be Banned

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Shark finning should be banned. Why would anyone want to needlessly eliminate sharks off the planet just for soup? People should stop finning sharks because it destabilizes marine ecosystems, is an unnecessary thickening agent for shark fin soup, and, being that sharks have one of the strongest immune systems on the planet, may hold the secrets to curing diseases like cancer. People need to stop finning sharks.
To begin with, eliminating sharks would destabilize marine ecosystems. Sharks eat carnivorous fish, which eat herbivorous fish. If there are no sharks, carnivorous fish that hurt humans at the beach, such as grouper, population rises. They eat all of the herbivore fish, and then there is nothing to eat the plants. Some plants, such

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