Money-hungry fisherman and salesman are ignoring international regulations so they can reap big profits in the illegal sale ...

Shark finning is the practice of removing the fins from a living shark. The primary market for shark fins is to make shark fin soup, a traditional Chinese dish. Shark Fin Laws In 2000, Congress ...

Shark finning is banned in dozens of countries and decried by conservationists. China and Japan blocked a United States-led bid to strengthen a ban on shark finning in the Atlantic Ocean, infuriating ...

Since 2006, 26 million to 73 million sharks have been slaughtered annually, making for a total of nearly half a billion dead animals. That means as many as 90 percent of sharks around the globe have ...

Research shows international protections put in place to protect five species of threatened sharks are not being followed. Countries have reported no fishing for the five species of sharks, but DNA ...