Shark+Fin+Soup

National Geographic

December 3, 2009

The many sharks butchered for the Asian delicacy Shark Fin Soup may not be coming for asian waters but from American waters. In Hong Kong a shark fin can go for $120 to make the soup. Scientists began extracting DNA from sharks in American waters and from the ones found in the Hong Kong shark fin market and found shocking results. The DNA extracted from the sharks in America and the ones in Hong Kong were identical. The results of the testing were that 57 of the 62 sharks from the Hong Kong market were from American waters.

With more and more sharks being stolen from the Americas this could become a major problem. Many of sharks extracted from American waters are already considered endangered by the Internation Union for Conservation of Nature. The more sharks taken will greatly impact the whole food chain and many commercial fish will become extinct. I think that they should put a stop to Shark Fin Soup and stealing shark from America

Gar Hoover March 14 2010