Shark finning introduces an even weirder twist: Fishing operators often just remove the shark's fin and throw the rest of the fish back into the water to die. "It's very cruel," Zethoven said.

It’s the wholesale slaughter driven by a dangerous delicacy — shark fin soup — that has done nearly all of the harm. The shark fin trade, which claims the lives of tens of millions of sharks ...

381 whole shark fins and an additional 29 pounds of shark fin meat, in a commercial freezer. No arrests have been made in the San Antonio case, Winters said. He declined to name the restaurant or ...

The fins are often used to make shark-fin soup, considered a delicacy in most of China. But heavy demand from China’s increasingly affluent population, and brutal finning methods, have led to a ...

By Aimee Ortiz Shark fin soup, considered a delicacy in some countries, has long fueled demand for illegally harvested fins. But federal authorities in Georgia announced this week that they had ...

HOUSTON (KGO) -- The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department says ten restaurants and markets in the Houston and Dallas area were caught illegally selling shark fins and shark fin products during a ...

Officials said this is one of the largest illegal shark fin seizures ever. "The shipment originated in South America, and it was in transit in the United States on its way to a final destination ...