I think that is wrong and crucial – the fisherman just take the fins because they are too lazy to get the rest of the meat off of the shark. Without sharks in the water our oceans ecosystem would be screwed. If I am to use a shark for food I clean the whole thing, and they are very difficult to clean as there skin is like body armor.

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I don’t think anyone is really getting the point. See: http://www.sharkwater.com
Educate yourself beyond the JAWS mentality.

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pretty fair chance they drown pretty quickly…

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Oh gosh, those sharks weren’t alive when the finning happened, right? It makes me really, really, really sad to see those dead sharks, but I guess I’d be even more really, really, really sad to see a shark kill someone. There’s an article that sort of talks about losing your life in a shark attack – I wonder if there are any statistics of sharks dying from finning =(

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Don’t you mean nets?

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Unsustainability of fish stocks, in just about every fishery monitored would be one reason. The inherent cruelty of dragging a sentient animal on a hook would be another.

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*All* fishing? What’re the other reasons?

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The number of humans killed by sharks in the last 50 years in New Zealand could be counted on the fingers of one hand. On the other hand, the number of sharks killed by humans would number in the thousands. Just who is killing who?

I am sure more swimmers and divers have been drowned through being tangled in fishing line, so if you are rellay as concerned about dangers of swimming as you sound, then this is yet another reason to ban fishing.

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Four?

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Fewer sharks = fewer dead swimmers. Haven’t any of you heard of all the people who have died or been seriously maimed as the result of shark attacks?

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Who’s doing this? NZ companies?

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Using all the shark is fine (finning and fish and chips)

Using just the fin if the creature is still alive isn’t acceptable, in my view.

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