The mass murder of millions of sharks per year is carried out by the fishermen of the world and all in order to provide the consumer with the sought-after delicacy "Shark Soup"
73 million sharks are fished and killed every year. 3 times more than what the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reports. The UN bases its data on official information provided by countries (members of the UN). The legal fishermen report to the authorities the number of sharks they caught, when the audit is based on the number of fins, but many are the fishermen who do not report at all, or report small numbers to avoid paying tax.
A small part of the sharks that are harvested are supplied (whole) to consumers, since large concentrations of urine in the shark meat make them unpalatable, therefore most of them are thrown back into the sea (alive) after the fins have been cut off. The shark fins are sold to restaurants to satisfy the growing demand for the "delicacy" of shark fin soup.
Shark fin soup is considered a prestigious delicacy mainly in Southeast Asia, but also everywhere else where there are Chinese populations, the basis of the "delicacy" is the cartilage from the fins used to make noodles for the soup, a soup that has been eaten by the Shoi of the country for hundreds of years, according to tradition. The soup brings longevity and health to its eaters."
In a framed article it is worth clarifying that, as in many other cases (rhinoceros horns, tiger parts, swallows' nests, snake blood), the tradition is based on the longevity of the shark's life on the one hand and on the other hand its uniqueness compared to other fish - (cartilage), when you connect a long life to a unique show a "conclusion" is obtained Delusional and pointless since the fins have no nutritional value or any other value - apart from the traditional value. The real value of shark fins is on the body of the shark.
The "delicacy" is served at official ceremonies, weddings and business meals. The meteoric development of China allows more and more diners to afford the "delicacy", which means more and more demand for fins. In order to arrive at the alarming numbers, researchers infiltrated the markets, including "black" markets, also examined auction documents in Hong Kong and Taiwan, in some markets the trade in shark fins is hidden and takes place in secrecy to prevent researchers/researchers from knowing the true quantities of the slaughter. A large part of the slaughter is carried out by wild (illegal) fishing, assuming that the markets tested are only a part of all the markets where shark fins are sold and according to the quantities of fins sold, the quantities have been refined to the incredible number.
The data were collected by Shelly Clark (a fish and fisheries researcher who works in Hong Kong) on behalf of the Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research in Shizuoka, Japan, and Alan Pikich from the University of Miami's Pew Institute for Ocean Science and are published in the journal: Ecology Letters.
In addition to the cruelty in which the fins are cut off from the (live) fish and these are thrown back into the sea, the shark populations in the entire world are dwindling, since the fishing "catch up" with the natural reproduction of the sharks.
Sharks are the top predator of the seas, when a top predator is eliminated the whole system is affected. For example: in (another) study conducted in the coral reefs in the Caribbean, it became clear that without sharks in the system, the predatory fish (which are usually prey for sharks) multiply, the predatory fish harm the population of parrotfish (parrot fish), parrotfish "keep the coral clean" by constant scratching of the algae layer, without a healthy population of porcupines a coral reef turns into an "algae forest". According to the "Red List of Endangered Species" 20% of shark species are considered "threatened" meaning they are in danger of extinction.
Since the fins that reach the markets are dry and shriveled, it is difficult to determine the species of shark from which they were cut, but DNA tests It turns out that some of the fins were cut from about 10 million sharks of a species (Prionace glauca), a blue shark that today is not considered to be in danger, but the reviewers claim that the fishing in the huge quantities "achieves" the natural reproduction of the species, so the day is not far when the species will be in danger.
Data on other species were not collected due to the difficulty of identification (millions of fins). But again, it is clear to the researchers that the fisherman uses a much higher amount than the natural reproduction capacity of the shark populations.
For those who intend to taste the shark soup, we will repeat the gruesome figure: seventy-three million sharks are fished / murdered / slaughtered every year, for a completely unnecessary "delicacy", the tradition about which has a... delusional origin. "Perfume for diners".
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By the way, lost:
You should already know that I don't believe in witchcraft and I have no ability to "turn" you evil.
If you are evil - the reason for this is probably in your genes.
Lost:
I did not claim for a moment that you did not do the actions you claim you did.
When you say it is not necessary for me to do X to prove Y you are trying to claim that I did X.
In the current case - this claim of yours - like many of your previous claims - is also a lie.
I'm already in internet hell with you: ha ha.
And for your information, when I received the e-mail in question a few days ago, I made sure to send it to the centers of interest of a large mass so that the impact regarding the petition requested from the original e-mail! That the said words are truly in his soul, in his actions and in his blood readable: he really cares as it is expressed in all his articles here.
There is no need for you to make others completely wicked in order to give the impression that you are the one and only "righteous" and there is no one but you.
You were lost and you remain lost.
Even when you see the petition in which all the relevant facts are listed, you continue to lie just to discredit.
I called on people to sign the petition and you decided to find fault with that as well.
Also regarding my vegetarianism (which started about thirty years ago) I guess you are reading self-righteousness or at least you will soon tell us that you know better and I am lying when I say that I am a vegetarian.
Knows what?
Go to hell!
Michael:
The thing and the defect related to you is that you believe in your lies like any religious person whose true Torah is hidden from his heart.
What I brought to the news was simply the gist of the information I received as it is, horrifying as it is. And you? Inflated the matter beyond the matter.
So, you'll get along with the feeling of the kebs.
Your request that people participate in signing the petition is only a matter of external impression: a hypocritical act of righteousness
Typical of you from time to time especially after attempts to slaughter "righteous" or "wicked" like me on the site. ha ha.
Unlike you, I have no need for the demonstrativeness and self-righteousness typical of you.
For some reason I have no heart even in my response to your words, you managed to uproot it for us. Look, you really did!!
By the way, Lost, you should read the petition that is even attached to the presentation you saw.
It is clearly written there that the practice is whaling.
It is also written that the law there permits the hunting of dolphins, but the actual implementation is of smuggling the whales into a dead end area and killing them (horribly) by young and old alike.
Whoever made the presentation wanted to make things more dramatic than they were (as if they weren't dramatic enough in reality) and found in you a passionate believer in the new religion he founded.
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/denmark-end-whale-dolphin-salughter.html
By the way, on this occasion I ask everyone who has a heart (and who thinks killing animals is more important than defaming truth-tellers) to sign the petition.
Lost:
Your silly, bridle extension only gives me goosebumps.
I didn't lie about anything. Maybe I was wrong about something (I don't know) but I never lied.
You, on the other hand, even in your claim that I'm lying (and this is a custom with me) even though it must be clear to you that this is not the case - you are clearly lying.
Michael:
Instead of incorrect and erroneous interpretation upon erroneous and false interpretation of the reliable sources, it is advisable that you check for yourself with your own eyes and from the primary sources. There is no point in developing with a pathological liar like you, as it turns out to us, a barren debate from reality.
This is not the first time you distort facts and come up with a bunch of lies that are completely disconnected from the factual reality.
Dr. Assaf will do the right thing if he brings us the primary source that he also received, and a marine zoologist verifies the evidence and photographs attributed to that documented information that was distributed by email.
Lost:
I don't know the animals well enough and I based my identification on what Hanan Cohen wrote.
If you are able to distinguish the type of animals from the pictures, then well done to you, but I assume that this is not the case and you rely entirely on the description (which was written by a liar - there is no doubt about that - because it was about a coming-of-age ceremony).
In any case - it is clear that this is not a coming-of-age ceremony.
You claim that you did not consider my shock but that is not true.
Your entire response said moralizing about me getting caught up in subtleties ("ritual or not ritual") instead of addressing the essence (which is the appalling act).
Probably all the original photographs that accompany this and prove that these are indeed dolphins of a certain species are not in front of your eyes, but I am prevented from forwarding the complete email that happened to be forwarded to me as well. And check again what the broad meaning of ceremonies in general is.
I didn't deny the fact that you were shocked too, I just didn't address it.
Accept my pain in common.
Lost:
You are the one denying the facts.
You said these are dolphins and these are not dolphins.
You said it's a coming-of-age ceremony and it's not a coming-of-age ceremony.
My words were true from beginning to end and you deny this fact as well.
I am as shocked by the matter as you are (and probably more so - unless you are also a vegetarian) and I even said so, but you deny that too.
Michael:
These are types of mammals! Sea dwellers: Calderon dolphin.
Why do you deny the facts? Ritual or not a ritual, you should check in the dictionary any concept that refers to "ritual" (for better or for worse).
Lost:
You should read here:
http://info.org.il/irrelevant/item.php/1908494638537059651
Although, in my opinion, it's still horrible and I don't accept Tomer's approach (which is why I'm a vegetarian) but these are not dolphins and it's not a coming-of-age ceremony
I received a horrible email about the murder of dolphins in Denmark: the photos show a sea bathed in blood and killing for the sake of killing dolphins as part of a coming-of-age ceremony for the youth. Isn't this murder for the sake of it?
The boundaries are very thin when the ability to distinguish blurs.
We thought Denmark was a developing social country? We were wrong.
Why don't you talk about the massacre of the sardines or the "ethnic cleansing" of the tuna population?
In my opinion, the use of concepts such as mass murder should not be brought up in an article about a fisherman.
If at all then animals that are more developed on the evolutionary scale are slaughtered every day to feed hundreds of millions in the western world, then things must be put in proportion.
Lilosh,
I have to ask: have you ever eaten beef, or chicken schnitzel?
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In SD, why kill sharks?! for soup.
The Chinese kill them for a stupid fin, so why not kill the Chinese for
Their leg, "you can make leg soup from that too, can't you?! ”, one should only eat animals that are raised
them and not animals that don't take care of them, many are afraid of sharks and don't care if they die,
Who needs them? So all those who think like that, you don't know how to appreciate things, don't be surprised why we won't live in a few years, polluting people, killing animals twice even for no reason. They also pollute the sea for them and kill them just for fun or for the need for revenge of "I hate sharks because one of them bit me" and even friends. It's not their fault, it's us who bother them. You'll be surprised that the world isn't just for humans!
And let's not talk about the dolphins, there are at least thousands of dolphins and also sharks and whales that died from fishing,
If the fishermen already tried to save them, then fine, but if they killed on purpose or did nothing, they are no longer human beings, or even animals! You are nothing, and the truth? I don't know what you are doing here. I very much hope that all the heartless people, when they read the article, will realize that they are murdering animals that have done nothing to them, and this is the same as murdering a person, it's a shame they don't send people to prison for things like this, but when they do fines for things like this, you will behave very nicely to keep your money in your pocket, Salmat An experience... "He who kills even his time will come with God's help"...
It's not mass murder, it's mass fishing
It is also appropriate that you review the alarming slaughter of 75,000,000 fur-bearing animals every year. The peeling of the fur is also done in this case without killing the animal. They are usually still alive throughout the entire process, when at the end the animals are thrown in a pile where they slowly die. Most of the cruel production takes place in China (how could it not?).
Material on the subject, including video documents can be found on the website: http://www.antifurcoalition.org/
And on the other side of the scale - an Icelandic dish that today the Icelanders offer only to adventure-seeking tourists:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten_shark