Shark Finning and Shark Fishing Pictures |
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Shark Finning and Shark Fishing Photos Showing Graphic and Disturbing Practices |
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The world economy does not favor the prospect of shark survival in the coming decades. Many countries provide huge subsidies to their fishing industry to continue to plunder an increasingly stressed population of fish. The Japanese government provides some $2-3 billion dollars annually to its fishing industry. The EU spends another 2 billion + (1.4 billion Euros), and the US provides $1 billion annually as fishing subsidies. Even the Russian government is replacing old fishing trawlers with new factory fishing vessels. Very little money, on the other hand, is devoted to fish stock assessments and stock recovery plans. With so many sharks caught as bycatch, and with the world market for shark fin on an upward trajectory, sharks may be, in the near future, an animal that we read about, but seldom see, even in aquariums. Be aware that many of these photos are graphic and disturbing.
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Picture of a dead blue shark, Prionace glauca, Baja California, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 081728 |
Image of men butchering a tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier, captured for its fins and meat. Dried shark fins are worth $30 per pound. The large organ shown in this image is the liver which can account for 20% of the sharks body weight. Kona, Hawaii, Central Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 043891 |
Stock photo of bronze whaler sharks caught in net used to keep sharks away from swimmers at beaches, Margate, South Africa
Picture #: 024415 |
Photo of shark fins, various species, La Paz, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, East Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 071129 |
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Picture of shark fins harvested for soup, the rest of the carcass is discarded, Egypt, Red Sea
Picture #: 076837 |
Image of dead shark caught in fishing net
Picture #: 027512 |
Stock photo of shark fins harvested for soup, the rest of the carcass is discarded
Picture #: 076841 |
Photo of shark fins harvested for soup, the rest of the carcass is discarded, Egypt, Red Sea
Picture #: 076833 |
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Picture of sand sculpture of surfer with shark fins by Billy Lee, Lahaina, Maui Island, Hawaiian Islands
Picture #: 031593 |
Image of shark fins being cooked in the base of a turtle shell, Jordan, Middle East
Picture #: 076784 |
Stock photo of dead gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, with its fins removed, the byproduct of the Asian shark fin soup market, Pacific
Picture #: 076874 |
Photo of shark carcasses discarded on beach after commercially valuable parts were harvested, Baja, Mexico, Pacific
Picture #: 061089 |
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Picture of women finning baby hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna lewinii, for international market, Colombia, Pacific
Picture #: 076907 |
Image of shark fins drying on top of a fishing boat, Costa Rica, Pacific
Picture #: 076944 |
Stock photo of dead blue sharks, Prionace glauca, at a shark finning camp, blue sharks, Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 011538 |
Photo of a dead sharks being weighed prior to processing
Picture #: 076946 |
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Picture of dried shark fins for sale as soup ingredients in Hong Kong market. Hong Kong markets and restaurant products of shark fins are approximately 5500 million tons per year
Picture #: 078408 |
Image of shark fins, caudal fins of blue shark, Prionace glauca, Kesennuma is the producing center of shark fin in Japan, Miyagi prefecture, Japan
Picture #: 077198 |
Stock photo of shark products
Picture #: 078412 |
Photo of dried shark fins for sale in traditional chinese medicine store, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Picture #: 081380 |
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