Shark fining has been a huge issue in this world mainly because of the multimillion dollar fining industry to make shark fin soup. We saw a nature documentary about sharks and fining called Sharkwater. People think that sharks fin can cure nasty diseases. Well they don't! Sharks can get cancer too so basically when you are eating the disease infected fin you get the disease not preventing it. A random fact I learned from this movie is that starvation kills more people than sharks. Isn't that ironic? Personally I think long lining is completely useless and cruel. Not only are you hurting sharks but other animals too like seals, dolphins and sea turtles! Fining is also cruel and useless because you are basically hacking the fins of an innocent shark then throwing it back in the water letting the poor animal suffer for a bowl of soup. Shark fin is made of cartilage and our ears are made of cartilage so we are eating tasteless pieces of ear (cartilage is tasteless).
