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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (82464)	10/31/2011 4:55:49 PM
From: Hawkmoon	2 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 217689

Hawk, I decided you aren't joking. Of course I'm not joking. Back in 1994, while serving on a Military mission in S. Panama, I used to watch the children go out almost every morning to catch sharks for their fins. They didn't use the carcass for anything else.. They just cut off the fins to sell for $50/lb in Panama City. Just incredible waste, but I couldn't really blame them because this was a good source of money for them. That was my first exposure to the curse that is Shark Fin soup. I'm not an eco-wacko, in general, but I firmly believe in managing natural resources for human use. Unfortunately, since it's nearly impossible to have "farm raised" shark meat, the only means of supplying this market is by driving the wild shark population to near extinction. I'm also not big on how they harvest dolphins. But again, when the natural resource is depleted, regulatory powers need to step in. Because we know that the rarer a resource becomes, the more "desirable" it becomes to the elite, who will pay any cost to sample it. As for the whether we should intentionally deplete the ocean shark population, even I would resent such a disruption of the ecosystem and the unforeseen consequences that may have. The very real possibility is that the prey they subsist on will have their DNA diluted by less robust, or sickness prone, populations normally purged by shark predation. But if only out of principle, we should manage natural resources, not destroy them. Edit: Apex predatory sharks also eat many rays and other secondary predators which prey on Scallops and other shellfish (most of which I LOVE TO EAT.. ;) guardian.co.uk Hawk

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (82464)	10/31/2011 5:26:36 PM
From: Snowshoe	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217689

Something doesn't quite add up here. The Chinese are legendary, world class counterfeiters. They make fake iPhones, fake gold coins, fake watches, fake hand bags, and fake hairy crabs. So why aren't they supplying the market with fake shark fins? youtube.com

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (82464)	10/31/2011 6:53:17 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217689

it frightens me that we seem to see the same picture i must reflect this weekend and see what might be amiss

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (82464)	10/31/2011 7:01:20 PM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217689

many folks may chuck shark less the fin overboard but that is because of the relative value of shark body / innards vs the fin, the bulk, and pricing as they understand it there is a market for the rest of the shark as well, and the chinese, as opposed to the original catchers of the shark, actually waste very little of the shark google.com where hm is coming from is that whatever he has no use for ought to be banned i fill the gas tank of my mini 4 times every year, and in so far as i am concerned, ban all private cars except those driven by a chauffeur. am certain my insincere suggestion borne of eager try at simple-mind cretinous approaches to non-starter issues would, if implemented, save lots of lots of folks who otherwise die of gun shots at gasoline stations. oh, and do not forget, we can build a large government sector to monitor the implementation of laws of the cretinous flavor, and combine the shark department with the car bureau to save money.