US RESEARCHERS COUNT SHARKS LOST TO FIN-FISHING SLAUGHTER
December 1st, 2006
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE FIRST real-data study on the shark fin trade has estimated that 38 million sharks are killed annually: significantly higher than the 10 million accepted by the UN, although lower than the 100 million of some rough estimates.
USA-led scientists gained trust from fin traders in Hong Kong over five years to access documents and discover how many shark fins are processed and auctioned.
Because it was extremely difficult to identify the species from market's dried fins, scientists took tissue samples to match DNA with control specimens. Dr Ellen ...
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