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To: TobagoJack who wrote (82288)	10/29/2011 2:03:52 PM
From: rotweil	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217666

"suggest a quadrupling of price may save more sharks than passing still more laws" That will naturally happen as the availability of supply (sharks) drops. I wasn't talking about laws. Just pointing out the that the practice is likely to cause a great deal of environmental damage and that it isn't about food since 95% of the shark is throw overboard buzzle.com And yes I am old enough to know this isn't atypical and has occurred with countless species before the shark, and realistic enough to know that things won't change until nature brings out the big stick Sorry for the interruption. Back to the boards regularly scheduled programming. Buy more gold...gg

To: TobagoJack who wrote (82288)	10/31/2011 11:58:29 AM
From: Hawkmoon	13 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217666

TJ.. that's just silliness.. Raise the price for shark fins and it will only increase their poaching and smuggling. What has to happen is an outright ban on the practice, and a strong education process as to why eating shark is not a sustainable food resource. I was disgusted by all the shark fin restaurants in Bangkok. Couldn't seem to find a good, traditional, chinese restaurant there because everything centered around shark fin soup. Believe me, so long as a market remains for it officially (and not impeded by customs or import tariffs), people are going to eat it, and poor people are going to continue to slaughter sharks to meet that demand. Granted, it's not an easy problem to deal with, but the first step is by PERSONAL DECISIONS to boycott restaurants that serve shark fin soup. And you, being a "sophisticated" individual hell bent upon saving humanity, you might think about extending your altruism towards properly managing our natural resources. Hawk