Whale shark slaughter-tingloy,batangas (near anilao)

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Norway was one of the top ten countries on shark exports until 2003.
EU had tried to ban the industry........anyway Norway is not a member !!!
The major players on shark exports are Indonesia, USA, UK ,Japan, Spain(No.1 in Europe) and NZ.
 
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Norway was one of the top ten countries on shark exports until 2003.
EU had tried to ban the industry........anyway Norway is not a member !!!
The major players on shark exports are Indonesia, USA, UK ,Japan, Spain(No.1 in Europe) and NZ.

- and the number 1 user of shark fins are the countless restaurants around the globe (but predominantly in Asia) that still persist in having sharks fin soup on the menu, keeping up demand and paying high prices for fins for customers who are unaware or ignorant of the incredible volume of animals being murdered for the 'traditional soup'.

If you are against the cruel barbaric act of shark finning - please get your name on and spread the word of the following -

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/call-for-a-global-ban-on-shark-finning

Petitions do bring results, it just takes numbers of signatories and pushing.

In addition, as this thread is buried in the Philippine area of the forum - please take a look at the area of the forum where shark finning is in debate and lets get the topic boiling in there ~ as we need to remember that the Whale shark finning that started this thread is something many in the Philippines despise, and such occurence is a lot more common in other countries.

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Hey, sorry for "re-frying the cold fried rice"...
Something good did come out from the horrible death of this poor shark...

ChinaDaily Whale of a horror story

Whale of a horror story

By Simon Parry (HK Edition) Updated: 2010-09-08 07:37

"A three-minute video filming of the killing of a whale shark on a Philippine beach has started changing the palate and taste of Hong Kong. Simon Parry reports.

It is a pathetic, heart-rending sight. A bloodied whale shark lies motionless on a beach in the Philippines after suffering a painful death and a gaggle of fishermen and tourists stroll casually around its crumpled corpse.

The shark was captured by hunters who hacked its fins and then dumped it back in the sea to die. For the fishermen, who towed it to shore to give it a mercifully quicker death, it was all too common a sight in the waters of the Pacific Ocean where impoverished fishing communities value sharks for their fins.

This death was different, however.

A group of tourists from Hong Kong, who were witness to the horror scene and captured the act of cruelty on their video cameras, have lent a loud voice to the campaign against the culture of shark's fin consumption.

The three-minute footage has become an Internet fodder for activists, joined in by tens of thousands on YouTube and other sites. A hugely popular campaign has been launched on Facebook calling for cutting gift money for Hong Kong couples who serve shark's fin at their wedding banquets.

Some 19,000 people have signed up for the Chinese-language Facebook page titled Say No to Shark's Fin Soup.

For those Hong Kong tourists, who filmed the whale shark's painful death, as well as the countless Facebook campaigners, the message is the same: "I'll never eat shark's fin again."

Now, six months after the video started circulating, there are signs of a sea-change in people's opinion about the shark's fin trade in Hong Kong, which according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), accounts for half the global business. An estimated 73 million sharks are slaughtered a year. "
more in that link above...
 
WOW! so Sad! such a great creature, such a waste!
 
WOW! so Sad! such a great creature, such a waste!

Yes, it is sad But as the article has reported, the whale shark's death was not a waste. The HK divers made sure that its death pricked (& hopefully continue to prick) the conscience of many. (But of course, could do nothing if some are devoid of conscience :idk:)


Nice video u have there, are you trying to promote Koh Tao? imho, that finning was an isolated episode & surely the dive centres/ resorts in Anilao were as horrified about it... Anilao should get the help/funds needed to educate the local fishermen & protect the whalesharks (& also other marine creatures)... [btw, guess the new govt doesn't have the time to continue the investigation or publish the results?]

Maybe those who have been to Anilao could recommend those dive centres/ resorts which are active in conservation?
 
Savages...I'll never dive there again we should boycott that place.

Sorry, but that's just not helpful at all.

Most of the locals who live on that stretch of coast are involved - directly or indirectly - in the dive trade. They will be as disgusted as you are.

Are you saying we should we boycott their businesses as a result of geography?
 

not a helpful suggestion, dude. i'm a diver from manila & anilao is my regular dive destination. i'm part of the group that found the de-finned whaleshark. we need more support in creating environmental protection programs instead of boycott, like you are suggesting.

it's an isolated case. talks about avoiding further similar incidents were done, and we've seen some positive response from the locals and even the fin consumers from abroad. we're hoping that we'll see whalesharks around anilao again come november, when the water begins to cool.
 
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