Persuasive Essay On Shark Finning

Shark finning is the inhumane practice, carried out by those of the Japanese culture in order to make a delicacy known as shark fin soup. When a shark is being finned the shark is still fully alert and alive as the fishermen cuts off each of the fins. When the fishermen are done cutting off the sharks fin’s they then throw the torso of the shark back into the ocean, where the shark will then drown due to not being able to swim. Shark finning is illegal, inhumane, and must be stopped in order to insure that these magnificent creatures do not go extinct. Shark finning is a common known, inhumane practice that occurs to many different species of shark that find refuge within the ocean. “Typically, a shark’s trademark first dorsal (back) fin
In 2000, President Bill Clinton signed a bill that in known as the Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 2000, which banned illegal shark fin trade within the United States, along with the practice of finning. The bill states, “any person under U.S. jurisdiction from: (i) engaging in the finning of sharks; (ii) possessing shark fins aboard a fishing vessel without the corresponding carcass; and (iii) landing shark fins without the corresponding carcass (Greene, 2015).” This act although could be beneficial within the industry is not as strictly enforced as it should be. Another issue with this bill is that most shark finning is carried out in international waters making it difficult to enforce the
By penalizing the fisherman in a harsher manner, while also banning shark fin soup across the globe, it is likely to begin the regrowth of the shark populations. As people begin to see sharks as truly magnificent creatures rather than man-eaters there is a greater chance that they will begin to understand the severity of losing the oceans shark populations. This epidemic is now in the hands of those who understand what a tragedy it will be to lose the sharks and is their job to begin a revival of shark