#stopsharkfinning

Shark fin soup ISN'T a lot of things... It certainly IS a disgrace though. 🤑🙄 . The dish originated about 1000 years ago with Song dynasty of China as a delicacy in the royal court. Over centuries it remained being popular, but only reserved for the elites. However, with the household incomes growing since the 19th century, so did the appetite for the prestigious soup... 🍜 . Fast forwarding to current age and between 72-100 millions of sharks are killed every year to fulfill the insane demand for their fins. The soup is a very expensive, traditional element of Chinese banquets and weddings, crucial to showing status and wealth. Ka-chiiing! 💰 . If people are so crazy for it, this soup must be phenomenal right? Not really 😕 Shark fin has literally no taste, it only provides texture, while the flavour actually comes from other ingredients... Actually many forward-thinking Chinese cooks around the world are coming up with substitutes for the fin and guess what - no one can taste the difference! . So the fin must have some medicinal qualities? It's an aphrodisiac, cures cancer and fixes your marriage problems? Of course not. It does have a lot of mercury though, which is obviously poisonous. 😳 . Legislatory changes across the world are extremely important (check out @stopfinningeu if you're a EU citizen), but what needs to change first and foremost is the demand. Say no to shark fin soup on the menu during weddings, parties, tasting, etc. Your voice and telling other about it matters! 📣 . 👉 Follow @freshnsaltyeco to get a clue in the blue! . . . #freshnsalty #clueintheblue #oceandecade #stopfinningeu #stopsharkfinning #sharkfinsoup #sharkfinning #protectthesharks #sharkfin #sharks #oceandecade #sharkeducation #sharksarefriends #sharksofinstagram #savethesharks #oceaneducation #marinewildlife #animaleducation #protecttheocean #oceanawareness #savetheseas #marinelifematters #savemarinelife #oceanconservancy #oceanminded #oceanconservation #sciart #oceanlovers #oceanlife #marinelife https://www.instagram.com/p/CPODzfbB5-H/?utm_medium=tumblr

Species Profile No. 41: The African Angelshark (Squatina africana) This isn’t a strictly scientific opinion, but I think that African angelsharks are exceptionally beautiful with their adorable spots! We here at TD may be biased towards sharks with spots in general. But besides that, these sharks are found along the continental shelf, and live in areas that are sandy/muddy at the bottom. They are classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN. Not a lot seems to be known about their reproduction, but they’re very similar to the Pacific angelshark, which has a generation length of a whopping 23 years! Since angelsharks generally reproduce slowly, it’s not a stretch to assume that the African angelshark is sensitive to overfishing. African angelsharks are caught by several types of fisheries. They seem to mostly be caught as bycatch by prawn trawling fisheries and gillnets. In South Africa, trawling operations often catch juvenile sharks, meaning that the deep waters there could be a nursery area for the species, as could similar deepwater areas where trawling occurs. As is often the case, more information about the rates at which these sharks are caught is needed. They don’t fall under much protection other than living in several Marine Protected Areas. The IUCN has suggested that using Turtle Exclusion Devices, devices used to keep turtles out of trawlers, would benefit this species by reducing the rate of bycatch. To help support angel sharks, make sure to support @angelsharkproject, the Angel Shark Conservation Network, Shark Advocates International, and the Shark Conservation Fund. ••• Big thanks to our Patron, Clay Herber! ••••••••••••••••••••••••• #angelsharkprofiles #shark #sharks #angelshark #africanangelshark #africanwildlife #africa #squatina #diversesharks #sharkeducation #savesharks #savethesharks #helpsavesharks #bycatch #overfishing #stopoverfishing #replacefearwithfacts #stopsharkfinning https://www.instagram.com/p/B1d0U7SBJ6u/?igshid=18dxuwdty72mn

This is the magical beautiful Krisztina’ favourite colour sketchbook that I use for experimenting and having loads of fun with different mediums to make sure that I don’t mess up those precious finishing touches. Have you got a favourite sketchbook you just won’t live without? 📖✍️ • • • • #sketchbook #sketchbookproject #savesharks #sharklove #stopsharkfinning #colourpencils #kdekany #oceanlove #creativelife #pencils #wip #magic #marinewildlife #marineart #illustration #pencilillustration #kdekany #fabercastell #polychromos #whalelove #winsornewton #artist #art #artistoninstagram #instaart #artblog #instaartist https://www.instagram.com/p/B9EotiPhRiJ/?igshid=dxiygp8per5g

I love sharks! Who doesn't, the most misunderstoodo animal in the world /Kimberly #greatwhiteshark 🦈😍😍 Credit ©🎬Video by 📷 @kyle.mcb Via @sharkoftheweek for #sharkoftheweek #stopsharkfinning #underwaterfootage #ocean #ourplanet #bethechange https://www.instagram.com/p/B3K4LTbjmRl/?igshid=eligtr89xx4e

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The beautiful and harmless great hammerhead! Despite growing to the same length as the great white as well as being listed as one of the 10 most dangerous sharks, there are absolutely now records of them ever attacking a human! An estimated 100 million sharks are killed every year, 73 million of which are killed for shark fin soup. A popular dish which is a ‘symbol of status’ in Chinese culture, the fin itself has very little flavour and contrary to the myth that it has nutritional value, shark fins have mercury levels up to 42 times higher than the safe limit. And the sharks are sometimes discarded back to the ocean, still alive but without their fins, unable to swim and leaving them to drown to the bottom of the ocean where they die of suffocation or are eaten by other predators. The amount of ignorance and cruelty in how we treat these animals for something so pointless is so baffling, they even face extinction because of us and without them the oceans would lose a significant apex predator that would drastically affect the entire marine ecosystem. -NOT even considering the guilt that we all share as human beings for the abhorrent inhumane treatment of fellow living things that we share this planet with! Best immediate way to save sharks here in the US...Support Oceanas Shark Fin Trade Ban! https://www.change.org/p/congress-ban-the-trade-of-shark-fins-in-the-u-s @jim_abernethy #stopsharkfinning #conservation #savethesharks #savetheoceans #ecoceanic #racingextinction https://www.instagram.com/p/BnmZ7MchSjU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7g5fhn3ghi2f

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