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Could Farming Sustainable Tilapia Help Cut the Demand for Shark Fin Soup?

The unsustainable demand for the Chinese delicacy known as shark fin soup is directly responsible for the slaughter of more than 70 million sharks every year. In a process known as finning, the sharks are caught, pulled onto boats, stripped of their valuable fins and dumped back into the ocean where they slowly and painfully drown. As a result of this cruel practice, some shark species have seen population declines of 99 percent in the past 10 years.

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Could Farming Sustainable Tilapia Help Cut the Demand for Shark Fin Soup?

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