SPC, Secretariat of the Pacific Community (2001) Sustainable way to harvest sharks. Fisheries Newsletter (99). p. 13. ISSN 0248-076X
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Lovers of sharks and shark-fin soup can both relax. Economists have worked out a sustainable way to fish the species, and it should appease both conservationists and soup connoisseurs. Thanks to the burgeoning Far Eastern trade in fins for soup, sharks are one of the most valuable food items in the world, says Quentin Fong of the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. Demand in the Hong Kong market, which handles some 3000 tonnes of fins a year, is so great that the best fins sell for more than USD 400. They provide the much-prized noodle-like cartilage that thickens and flavours Chinese soups.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Fish Harvesting, Shark, Fisheries Management |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Varsha V icsf |
| Date Deposited: | 30 May 2022 10:16 |
| Last Modified: | 30 May 2022 10:16 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/13088 |
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