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jedah

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Please go to this site and sign the petition to get Alibaba.com, the world's largest online distributor of shark fins and China's amazon.com equivalent, to stop distributing shark fins and shark products, which is fueling the shark finning trade.

The goal is 10,000 signatures, and we are reaching 2,000 at this time.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/400108473

THANKS!

J.
 
Actually, tasteless and toxic with very high mercury levels (up to 10 times the recommmended FDA level in a single bowl!).

You are free to make your own choice though.

J.
 
I don't intend to stir the pot, but trying to stop the shark fin trade is BS. I am a commercial shark fisherman here in Florida. I ETHICALLY havrvest sharks. Here in the US, they are not overharvested! We do not fin and release! Every ounce except for the guts are used. The fins go to Asia, the meat gets consumed, and the jaws are used in taxedermy. I don't like how they shark fin over there, it is terribly immoral, but to try to stop trade of an item where some of us are doing it ethically, is stupid.

You need to focus your efforts towards getting Asian Govt's to impose anti-finning rules like we have here.
 
Regarding the actual finning process and its implications, please see the following

http://www.sharkstewards.com/
 
Cheekymonkey:
Tasteless I must disagree with

Sorry, but not true.

The fin itself has virtually no taste, but is generally stewed in chicken broth. Y'know how they always say "it tastes like chicken"...
 
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