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One of the most controversial and hotly debated topics in shark conservation is finning – cutting off a shark’s fins and dumping its body at sea. US law already bans this and requires that sharks caught in its waters be landed and documented before fins can be removed for sale. Despite this, illegal finning does go on there, while caterers and restaurants are still free to dish up the Asian delicacy shark fin soup.
Finning is a practice that scientists, environmentalists and animal
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