Dier & natuur·Voor dieren blogger·1 nov

17 tons of shark fins seized in Brazil: Shark fins are worth $3,000 per kilo in illegal shark trafficking and threatening the shark populaion worlwide

Shark finning is the practice of cutting the fins off sharks after they are caught and then throwing the trunk, or carcass, of the animal (usually still alive), back into the sea. Since up to 95% of a shark is meat of a lower value, the practice of shark finning saves space on boats for the more valuable fins. This means that shark finning is a wasteful practice compared with other kinds of fishing. For example, by comparison, when tuna are caught, nearly all of their bodies are used in some way.