This slide share presentation looks at the inhumane nature of shark fin fishing and the rapid decline in shark populations. It looks and the reasons, methods, and detrimental affects of fin fishing as well as what is being done to protect sharks.
To Shear a Shark The finning of millions of sharks each year raises two very serious issues: firstly, the inhumane nature of the slaughtering, and secondly, the unsustainable rates which sharks are being killed at. *1
The True Threats *2,3,4 Please see reference numbers: 2,3,4 for data on this chart
Depopulation Number of Sharks (millions) *9 The data from this chart is estimations calculated by the University of Florida. Notice how the amount of sharks being fished is increasing while the population remains relatively unchanged.