Why do Chinese people like sharks' fins soup? Why is it important to have sharks' fin soup at every Chinese wedding dinner?
I read somewhere that for every wedding dinner with >200pax, probably more than 10 sharks
died, to provide the ever so-yummy fins for the obligatory 1st course in the wedding dinner.
Sharks' fin has no taste! The taste of the sharks' fin soup comes from the soup base, which is really just made of cornflour.
I have seen pictures where the sea water has turned red after many sharks are thrown back into the water after their fins have been harvested, still alive and drowning in its own blood and
water; I have seen pictures where bunch of native kids are perched on top of a majestic whale shark that has been beached while their elders are preparing to cut its massive fins off!
Please have mercy!! If Asians dont consume sharks' fins, there would be no demand for it; and the fishermen from 3rd world countries (and Japan) will not have to hunt for these shark as food
for the spoiled Chinese people.
I just read something very distressing on Scubaboard re: Galapagos and sharks. Galapagos is a dream trip for many divers because this is one of the rare places whereby one can jump into the water and see a school of 100-200 hammerhead sharks or 50 whale sharks in just one dive.
The Ecuadorian govt has just signed a deecree on 20 July 2007, that legalises possesion of sharks' fins. One can possess and sell shark fins, as long as they are "accidentally" killed!!!
Guess there will be many accidents in the future. Especially since Ecuadorian govt has not renewed the contract that it had with Sea Shepherd International, a company that provided ships to patrol Galapagos waters in search of illegal shark fishing.
DO YOUR PART AND SAY NO TO SHARKS' FINS. What? You are only one person and will
have no impact? It's got to start somewhere and it should start with you, NOW, TODAY!! Say NO to sharks' fins!
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