Yet, in a relatively short period of time, humans and their technological arsenal have driven most shark populations to the ...

At present, the practice is known to occur only in Costa Rica, where fishermen have developed the process in order to get around their country’s shark finning ban. While some may consider this to be ...

Some countries/jurisdictions have enacted full or partial bans on the practice of shark finning—slicing off the fins of the shark at sea (often while the shark is still alive) and discarding the ...