If you ’re a fan of shark — scratch that , if you ’re a fan of the sea , in general — prepare to have your day ruined . You ’re search at a video , shot byOceanic Love‘s Gary Stokes , that reveals how shark louvre are laid out to dry by the thousand along the sidewalks of Sheung Wan , Hong Kong .
This is the wake of what Gordon Ramsay — who , as a cook , is accustomed to see animal massacre for food — once described as “ without a incertitude the bad act of creature pitilessness [ he ’s ] ever seen . ” ( Fair admonition : the magazine below , which is take from Ramsay ’s documentary on the practice of shark fin hunt , is not for the overnice . )
These fin you see on the sidewalk will be used to make shark fin soup , a discretion which — despite running upwards of 200 dollar mark per stadium — is becoming more and more popular among China ’s chop-chop expand upper middle class . And , asGizmodo account last September :
The Soup That Is Killing the Ocean ( WARNING : GRAPHIC CONTENT )
… that means many species of shark , some of them already endangered , are being not just overfished , but mutilate for their fins while still live . And then thrown back into the ocean to run to death . Lately it ’s happening to 1.5 million sharks per week . Up to 70 million per year .
But these sportfishing practices are n’t just overpowering and cruel , they ’re also indiscriminate . Shark Phoebe hunters are as likely to clip off the V of an endangered scalloped hammerhead shark as they are any other specie of shark that they bring on board . In fact , many of the beast pulled from the water are n’t even sharks to begin with ; it ’s not uncommon for fish or even ocean turtles to get drag out on base .
Read more about how shark fin soup is killing the sea onGizmodo .
[ ViaGary Stokes ]
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