"Losing sharks wouldn't just be an ecological disaster; it would be a profound moral failure." ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a formal petition asking the National Marine Fisheries Service to identify and potentially sanction China for failing to meet U.S. shark ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo collage of sharks, fishing nets, a bowl of shark fin soup and a shoal of fish in the background. Conservation efforts for ...

A formal petition to the U.S. government calls for sanctions on Chinese seafood imports as it highlights China’s loophole-ridden illegal shark fin trade.

Watch out, Jaws — your days are numbered. Money-hungry fishermen and sellers are ignoring international regulations in favor of big profits in the illegal sale of shark fins — and new research led by ...

More than 70 million sharks are killed for their fins worldwide each year. Those fins are considered a status symbol and a delicacy in some parts of the world and are often used in a soup. The demand ...

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 ...

Diego Cardeñosa has loved sharks ever since he was a child. The Colombia native was never afraid of them when he visited his beloved beach. Instead, he was fascinated with how sharks move through ...

Conservation efforts for marine life are growing at a rapid pace — and one of the most consequential has been bans against the finning of sharks. But while numerous countries have enacted legislation ...