Humans kill 100 MILLION sharks per year

[Thunder999]

Yea when I was in Thailand and Hong Kong saw entire restaurants dedicated to shark fin soup. Also was at this asian store here in America and in the freezer section they had shark fins. Over a billion chinese and they love to eat endangered animals

Things are changing.

A popular dish at weddings and banquets in China, shark fin soup is increasingly off the menu due to a government frugality drive and awareness campaigns and by conservationists, according to a new report.

The trade in shark fins, a symbol of wealth in China and other parts of Asia, has led to the decline in some shark populations by up to 98% in the last 15 years. An estimated 100 million sharks are killed each year with up to 73 million used for their fins.

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...-china-drop-70

[Scartown]

Over a billion chinese and they love to eat endangered animals

No, they just like eating specific animals. Those animals become endangered because one BILLION mfers are trying to eat them.

[Lunatic]

Would them going extinct cause a life-changing event like bees going extinct would? No? Then I don't care.

[Thunder999]

Would them going extinct cause a life-changing event like bees going extinct would? No? Then I don't care.

It would cause a massive chain affect on other fish.

[PowerPal]

imagine if 100 million sharks wern't killed though. If 50 people die a year from sharks currently, add that chit up. That's 100 million more sharks killing people. That's like 50k+ human deaths a year. Something to think about before you start shouting but but but MA SHARKZZZ

[Thunder999]

Would them going extinct cause a life-changing event like bees going extinct would? No? Then I don't care.

Suggest you watch this. 5 min video

[Lunatic]

It would cause a massive chain affect on other fish.

What I meant was that bees going extinct could actually be a precursor to the end of humans. Bees are essential to our survival because of them pollinating plants that we and other animals eat (then we eat those delicious animals). Sharks going extinct would just be a blip on the radar while bee extinction would be like all of humanity trying to survive on the oxygen deprived air at the Mt. Everest summit.

[Lunatic]

Suggest you watch this. 5 min video

Will do tomorrow. Bed time.

[Sinan09400]

Holy sht boys that number is insane.

Only 3500 Great White Sharks left

What drives me so livid though are Those Asian fisherman who round up sharks, cut off their fins for fin soup, then throw them back in to suffocate to death.

So FKNNN infuriating. We should make it legal to cut off both arms and throw in the ocean anybody found hunting sharks

Mirin 3500 bro did you count them all?

[DirtyDon123]

I'm Asian and if it was up to me I will put an end to these Asians' lives. From the owners, to the fishermen, to the producers all the way down to the consumers. What they do to dolphins, whales, sharks is simply disgusting.

Thank you for saying this

[DirtyDon123]

Would them going extinct cause a life-changing event like bees going extinct would? No? Then I don't care.

lol Loony I like you but this is legit retardation of the highest order

[MediocreGains]

Would them going extinct cause a life-changing event like bees going extinct would? No? Then I don't care.

It wouldn't quite have the same effect as bees, but that's because their disappearance would lead to a massive extinction of terrestrial plants and animals (including us). The ecological impact would still be huge though. For one, the jellyfish population, which is already getting out of control, would explode, basically overrunning the world's oceans and in turn leading to a mass extinction of marine life. As for how this will directly affect us other than our seafood, it's hard to say. Chances are that things could get ugly though.

And let's not lump all Asians together in this, though I know you *******s don't know the difference anyways. Shark killing is mostly a Chinese thing. As for whales and dolphins (and overfishing in general as well), that's the Japanese.

[thorpowers]

No, they just like eating specific animals. Those animals become endangered because one BILLION mfers are trying to eat them.

You obviously never been to China or Thailand. They don't like eating specific animals, they like eating any animals. When I was there people even eating horse shoe crabs. People eating lizards, frogs, turtles, any mammal, insects, sea cucumber, pretty much any animals they can find they will eat. Nothing wrong with it other than the fact they don't do it sustainably, and are destroying our planet. Asia is the ones dumping all the toxic waste, garbage, and plastics into the oceans. Not in Hong Kong, but in mainland China, Thailand, India, and most of Asia they just throw their trash on the streets and waters.

Found a pic I took from the streets of Bangkok...

[MediocreGains]

Found a pic I took from the streets of Bangkok...

Considering that it's seen as normal for a man to cut his dick off over there, guess cutting a fin off isn't seen as a big deal.

[EoR]

I already knew which countries were largely responsible. One video I watched was pretty horrific. Workers pulling up sharks, slicing off their fins, dump their body back into the water, then they just slowly sink for a long death. Still, zero tolerance for sharks that are near popular human beaches. You have people even screaming animal abuse when a sharks that's killed a human is hunted.

Apparently shark fin soup is nearly flavorless, so it's just that sick prestige factor that draws people.

[iWantToGrow]

Here's a documentary about shark fishing and killing. Very informative. Skip to min 34:00 for killing footage.

[Critter5592]

Jokes on you, this isn't our first planet.

[Appoloin]

Asian and their zero empathy crew.

I heard that if the animal suffers it increases the taste of the meat. That's why you see them skinning/boiling dogs alive in the street.

[xxAchillesxx]

"You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus."

Humans, as a whole, are quite literally the worst thing to have happened to the planet. And to the people saying "not everyone is like that", or "there are some good people still". Unfortunately, that's the exception, not the rule. No snowflake ever feels responsible for the avalanche.

[Drhunglow]

It is certain people who are doing this.

yep
https://www.euroweeklynews.com/news/...of-sharks-fins

http://www.stopsharkfinning.net/tag/sharks-spain/

Millions upon millions of sharks are being killed in the Atlantic by European fishing vessels, with just one country – Spain – accounting for a massive 57% of reported landings. Other countries involved in the overfishing of Atlantic and Mediterranean sharks include Portugal, France and the United Kingdom. Despite the shocking number of sharks being killed it is believed that the actual number is likely to be three or four times greater than official figures suggest, due to many sharks being discarded in the ocean as unwanted catch (or bycatch). It is estimated that between 2002 and 2012 EU nations accounted for over 40% of global shark catch.

[PatheticPeter]

well, we all know what savages the Chinese are.
but then again, we eat a couple million farm raised chickens a day in America, so we're pretty disgusting too.

we should all just hunt for food.

[BodyBuildingGo]

Miscers sure love blaming Asians for hunting sharks, which is true for some Asian countries, but won't dare to hold accountable the South American and European countries that are ACTUALLY THE LARGEST CONSUMERS of shark meat.

2015 State of the global market for shark products report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

...the world’s largest consumers of shark meat are found in South America and Europe, with the most important importers being Italy, Brazil, Uruguay, Spain and the Republic of Korea...

Threads like this are just bait for racist assumptions and tendencies.

[SuperHercules]

According to studies there are more than 10,000 great whites off the coast of Australia and 2,400 near California.

Based on these findings one can only assume that OP is a ******* and a propagator of fake news

[Thunder999]

yep
https://www.euroweeklynews.com/news/...of-sharks-fins

http://www.stopsharkfinning.net/tag/sharks-spain/

Millions upon millions of sharks are being killed in the Atlantic by European fishing vessels, with just one country – Spain – accounting for a massive 57% of reported landings. Other countries involved in the overfishing of Atlantic and Mediterranean sharks include Portugal, France and the United Kingdom. Despite the shocking number of sharks being killed it is believed that the actual number is likely to be three or four times greater than official figures suggest, due to many sharks being discarded in the ocean as unwanted catch (or bycatch). It is estimated that between 2002 and 2012 EU nations accounted for over 40% of global shark catch.

Thanks for that, i will admit i was wrong, BUT it is the Chinese desire for the shark fins that causes it.

Always hated Spanish fisherman, now its gone to whole new level. The Spanish fisherman suck the oceans dry and leave nothing. They even had altercations with other fishermen near the Falkland Islands and off the coast of Alaska (that near south and north poles).

The Chinese dont do the actual poaching of Rhino horns, but its their consumer demand that kills these endangered animals.

[Drhunglow]

Thanks for that, i will admit i was wrong.

Always hated Spanish fisherman, now its gone to whole new level. The Spanish fisherman suck the oceans dry and leave nothing. They even had altercations with other fishermen near the Falkland Islands and off the coast of Alaska (that near south and north poles).

The Chinese dont do the actual poaching of Rhino horns, but its their consumer demand that kills these endangered animals.

They're a big part of destroying the Canadian atlantic fisheries. We banned fishing in the Grand Banks cause all the fish were gone but spanish ships still kept sailing in for years.

But isn't it funny that euros convinced china to stop catching sharks and now they exporting sharks to china?

[Thunder999]

They're a big part of destroying the Canadian atlantic fisheries. We banned fishing in the Grand Banks cause all the fish were gone but spanish ships still kept sailing in for years.

But isn't it funny that euros convinced china to stop catching sharks and now they exporting sharks to china?

Spanish fishermen are a plague on the oceans. They swarm all over the North Sea and dont throw back the small fish.

They take greed to a new level.

They buy (bride) fishing rights in many African countries, then they turn up (legally) with ocean going vacuum cleaners and decimate local African fishing communities.

[Drhunglow]

Spanish fishermen are a plague on the oceans. They swarm all over the North Sea and dont throw back the small fish.

They take greed to a new level.

They buy (bride) fishing rights in many African countries, then they turn up (legally) with ocean going vacuum cleaners and decimate local African fishing communities.

[Thunder999]

Miscers sure love blaming Asians for hunting sharks, which is true for some Asian countries, but won't dare to hold accountable the South American and European countries that are ACTUALLY THE LARGEST CONSUMERS of shark meat.

2015 State of the global market for shark products report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations


Threads like this are just bait for racist assumptions and tendencies.

When they shark fin them, they throw whole body back and just take fins.

Totally different industries.

[SuperHercules]

Gotta try some shark fin soup, it sounds tasty

[Procta]

lol bitch ass sharks