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Shark's
fins
issues, efforts, discussions, status of sharks in general
see also wildlife trade,
global biodiversity loss and global
marine issues
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Fake
fins eye saving sharks, Chinese wallets
Yahoo News 19 Oct 07
World's sharks threatened by kitchen
predator
By Chesney Bradshaw iol.com 30 Sep 07
Malaysian ministry bans shark's fin
soup
Yahoo News 15 Sep 07
Galapagos shark endangered by Ecuadoran
decree: group
Yahoo News 24 Jul 07
International Shark Discussion Forum
Takes Stance Against Discovery's Shark Week 'Monster' Marketing underwatertimes
19 Jul 07
Sharks Face Increased Threat Due to
Fin Soup - Report PlanetArk 19 Jul 07
Wet market stallholder selling shark
meat
Letter from Luo Caifeng (Miss) Straits Times Forum 17 Jul 07
Wet market stallholder selling shark
meat
Letter from Luo Caifeng (Miss) Straits Times Forum 17 Jul 07
Predator Is Prey: Sharks
Killed for Fins Estimated 100 Million Sharks Killed Every Year KABC-TV
26 Jun 07
Lab gets US funds for shark gene study
By Lim Wei Chean Straits Times 29 Jun 07
Eels, Sawfish Get Trade Protection
From UN
Story by Alister Doyle PlanetArk 12 Jun 07
Sharks defeated at U.N. wildlife trade
talks
By Anna Mudeva Yahoo News 8 Jun 07
New reality is that man bites shark
It's four of us a year — but millions of them
By Juliet Eilperin The Washington Post MSNBC 27 May 07
Chinese Know Little About Shark Conservation
- Survey
Story by Ben Blanchard PlanetArk 25 May 07
Soaring shark fin demand driving extinction
threat: report
Yahoo News 17 May 07
Canada's basking sharks face extinction:
committee
Yahoo News 2 May 07
Asian demand for shark fins threatens
Colombian species
by Cesar Sabogal Yahoo News 29 Apr 07
DNA Testing Reveals Continued, Illegal
Trade In Fins Of Endangered Basking Sharks
Sally Sharrock Underwatertimes 23 Apr 07
Longline fishing kills millions of
sharks: WWF
Yahoo News 12 Apr 07
Sharks deserve the conservation
status we give to the giant panda Marine predators are on the verge
of extinction, but the fishing industry still rips the environment to
shreds with impunity George Monbiot The Guardian 3 Apr 07
Filmmaker on Mission to Save Sharks
Story by Ed Stoddard PlanetArk 2 Apr 07
Overfishing of Sharks Makes Scallops
Vanish - Study
Story by Deborah Zabarenko PlanetArk 30 Mar 07
Rare Borneo Shark Spotted Again in
Malaysia; New Species of Ray, Crab Underwatertimes 24 Mar 07
Take shark's fin soup off menu
for Olympics: lawmaker
Yahoo News 13 Mar 07
Mexico Passes Shark Finning Ban, New
Protections for Great White, Whale and Basking Sharks, Manta Rays
Underwatertimes 3 Mar 07
Scientists Add Shark Species to Endangered
List
Story by Jeremy Lovell PlanetArk 23 Feb 07
Shark-Smuggling Bust Nets $1 Million
for Habitat Protection Stefan Lovgren National Geographic 20 Feb
07
S'poreans splurge on New Year dinners
By Wee Li-En Business Times 17 Feb 07
Five things not to eat for Chinese
New Year
TRAFFIC 12 Feb 07
Conservationists rally to support sharks
By Tara Godvin, Associated Press Yahoo News 21 Jan 07
Time to curb the EU's appetite for
shark meat
WWF 15 Dec 06
Bird's nest, the viable alternative
Letter from Oscar Lee Shing Kian
Straits Times Forum 11 Dec 06
Study: Fishermen Driving Great Barrier
Reef Sharks to Extinction Underwatertimes 4 Dec 06
Chinese Chefs Divided Over Shark Fin
Use Amid Reports of Species Decline; 'No Banquet is Complete without
Shark Fin' Underwatertimes 10 Nov 06
Teeth bared in battle over world shark
stocks
By Ben Blanchard Yahoo News 9 Nov 06
Fishermen, facing declining stocks,
turn to sharks
By Ben Blanchard Yahoo News 9 Nov 06
Shark Slaughter: 73 Million Killed
Each Year
Ker Than LiveScience.com Yahoo News 26 Sep 06
Australia to try drones to fight illegal
fishing, drug running Channel NewsAsia 1 Sep 06
EU Blamed for Demise of World's Sharks
Story by Jeremy Lovell PlanetArk 31 Aug 06
Even Yao Ming is sidelined as China
shark fin debate falls flat Channel NewsAsia 31 Aug 06
Slaughter in the water Sharks abound
off the West Coast, but for how long? By Scott LaFee SignonSanDiego.com
31 Aug 06
Where Have All the Shark Attacks Gone?
Humans Are Killing More Than 100 Million Sharks Every Year
By Dan Beckmann ABC news 24 Aug 06
NOAA Settles Shark Case with New York
Fish Dealer for $750,000; 'A Strong Message' Underwater Times 11
Aug 06
Chinese Consumer Key to Saving World's
Sharks
Story by Ben Blanchard PlanetArk 3 Aug 06
Brooklyn fish dealer admits shark violations;
fine is $750,000
By Adam Goldman Associated Press Newsday 1 Aug 06
Surge in shark poachers
Paige Taylor The Australian 5 Jul 06
Fins for sale: Galapagos sharks are
under threat due to growing demand for £100-a-bowl soup in Chinese
restaurants By Stephen Khan The Independent 25 Jun 06
Olympics - Beijing Mascots to Help
Keep Shark's Fin Off the Menu Story by Nick Mulvenney PlanetArk
6 Jun 06
Scientists to breed 'test tube' sharks
Plan hopes to boost critically endangered gray nurse species
The Associated Press MS NBC website, 3 Jun 05
Saving sharks with magnets
WWF 11 May 06
Seychelles Bans Cutting Sharks' Fins
Story by George Thande PlanetArk 27 Feb 06
Study warns of threat to sharks
BBC 22 Feb 06
A sting in the tale for sharks and
rays
IUCN 20 Feb 06
Shark Attacks Fall in 2005 as Humans
Fight Back
Story by Jane Sutton PlanetArk 14 Feb 06
NWTO
delegates warned: don't eat shark's fin
Channel NewsAsia 13 Dec 05
CSI: Shark Fins—Genetic Test Reveals
Illegal International Trade in Great White Shark Fins By Pew Institute
for Ocean Science ENN 5 Jan 06
A Shark's Fin Tale: Poaching in
Paradise
contributed by Helen Brunt WildAsia 8 Nov 05
Shark extinction remains a real
threat
Letter from Wu Tzong Kwang
Straits Times Forum Online 3 Oct 05
Shark Attacks Spark "Kill or Be
Killed" Debate
Story by Michael Perry PlanetArk 19 Sep 05
Scientists: Two Sharks Among 52
New Species Found in Indonesian Waters Underwatertimes 17 Sep 06
Forget
shark's fin soup Support the environmentalist
Letter from Lee Seck Kay Straits Times Forum Online 16 Sep 05
Australia Seeks to Breed Test-Tube
Sharks
Story by Michael Perry PlanetArk website, 29 Jul 05
To Battle Barnacles, Ships Test Fake
Sharkskin
Brian Handwerk National Geographic website, 22 Jul 05
This S'porean moved Disney to say no
The New Paper, 1 Jul 05
New shark discovered in US waters
BBC 10 Jun 06
Disney in Hot Water over Hong Kong
Shark's Fin Soup
By Reuters Environment News Network 24 May 05
Mexican Biologist Discovers New Shark
Species
PlanetArk 3 Mar 06
Shark species at risk of extinction,
says genetic survey
Ian Sample The Guardian 1 Mar 06
Shortage in supply leads to price hike
for abalone, shark's fins and sea cucumber By Lee Ching Yee and Tan
Bee Leng Channel NewsAsia, 13 Jan 05
Links
IUCN Shark
Specialist Group
The IUCN Red List
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