Shark finning is the removal of fins from sharks – often when the shark is still alive. Sometimes, they get thrown back into the ocean – but without their fins, they have next to no chance of ...

After hoisting a shark aboard, many fishers would chop off the fins and dump the rest of the body overboard to die. Those flat appendages fetch a high price since they serve as the key ingredient ...

FIU scientists have discovered two major problems after analyzing small shark fins from Hong Kong markets—small coastal ...

The sharks are thought to have been killed for their fins Hundreds of dead sharks have been found washed up on the shores of Iran's Shif island. Some fishermen catch the sharks for their fins ...