No more shark fin for Mono on the public dime

[The Larch]

http://oceana.org/en/blog/2013/09/hong-kong-bans-shark-fin-soup-at-government-functions

Hong Kong Bans Shark Fin Soup at Government Functions

We have some encouraging news for you out of Hong Kong – the government of Hong Kong announced that it will no longer serve shark fin soup at government functions, and that it will encourage government-funded bodies to do the same. Hong Kong is one of the world' s largest markets for shark fins, and with more than half of the world's fin trade passing through Hong Kong, it is considered the capital of the global shark fin trade, making this ban particularly salient.

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Although the government of Hong Kong's announcement is an encouraging step in the right direction, it is by no means a final victory for sharks as sharks continue to be killed for their fins around the world.  But we are seeing progress, including the announcement last year when the government of China announced a similar ban on serving shark fin soup at official banquets. The announcement, however, will likely take years to come into effect.

And CdM rejoiced.

[Jacob]

Good.

[The Brain]

Good.

Well not anymore.

[Eddie Teach]

We are at war with the shark. For every swimmer eaten, we should have a thousand fins in retaliation. 

[Jacob]

We are at war with the shark. For every swimmer eaten, we should have a thousand fins in retaliation. 

"We" already do, by several orders of magnitude greater than 1:1000.

[The Larch]

[Razgovory]

Pft.  I've killed a much higer ratio of people to sharks.

[Eddie Teach]

We are at war with the shark. For every swimmer eaten, we should have a thousand fins in retaliation. 

"We" already do, by several orders of magnitude greater than 1:1000.

I've never actually eaten shark. 

[Admiral Yi]

Do sharks perform any ecologically useful function?

[The Larch]

Do sharks perform any ecologically useful function?

Removing a top predator from the environment wreaks havoc on it.

[Admiral Yi]

  Obrigado.

[The Brain]

Do sharks perform any ecologically useful function?

Removing a top predator from the environment wreaks havoc on it.

Yes that's what's missing in the ocean today: an effective top predator.

[Eddie Teach]

 

[Zanza]

That would be just 700.000 sharks per year, whereas Wikipedia claims 100.000.000 are killed per year...

[The Larch]

That would be just 700.000 sharks per year, whereas Wikipedia claims 100.000.000 are killed per year...

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