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19/11/2004: "Tiger Shark Live Fin .......fish soup potential?"

Often shown by artists as above water, when in fact the shark fin is more often submerged and out of sight.
The streamlined shape works like a boat's rudder. Surfers are re-inventing the shark fin for surfboards having already tested dolphin and spanish makerel fin shapes. Divers are yet to think of a use - if there is one, apart from the often (but not always) dreadful waste associated with making shark fin soup.

Fishermen Louie Komsic of Cairns, working near Princes Charlotte Bay, reported 'catching seven sharks, each with pectoral and dorsal fins hacked off by previous fishermen, and barely managing to swim, but still alive'. Read additional Louie material Archives 23 September 2004

View: wildaid.org to learn more about shark protection measures including recent Thailland court decision.

Extendable text John Harding's report from International Shark Conference (Taipei, Taiwan 2002) Organised by WILD AID.