Here's a link to an article on how out- of- control shark finning is affecting the environment around the globe. Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - The world needed to see what I was witnessing - Blogs from CNN.com . I have no problems with people making a living using sustainable fishing practices of any species, but we are quickly depleting our oceans, not only of the apex predator, but of many other species. This planet is our only home, we'd better take care of it.