Shark Finning and Shark Fishing Pictures |
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Shark Finning and Shark Fishing Photos Showing This Cruel Practice |
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Shark finning is the practice of removing the fins from the shark for use in soups and traditional medicines. In many cases the still alive shark is thrown back into the water, either to be eaten by predators, or to suffocate because it can no longer propel itself through the water to pass oxygen over its gills. While not every shark harvested for shark fins is finned alive, the practice is widespread because it saves time and cargo space. Shark meat is worth a fraction of the value of the shark fin. Be aware that many of these photos are graphic and disturbing.
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Picture of shark fins ready for market, Trinidad, West Indies, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean
Picture #: 002873 |
Image of whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus, killed in ghost fishing net, Thailand, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 001498 |
Stock photo of fish picking at live gray reef shark after being finned and discarded in ocean, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, Koh Tachai, Thailand, Andaman Sea
Picture #: 002840 |
Photo of 15 ft. great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, killed in drift net, California, East Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 002843 |
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Picture of scalloped hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna lewini, caught in shark net illegally set in Galapagos Marine Reserve, Wolf Island, Galapagos, East Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 002872 |
Image of shark cartilage pills on sale
Picture #: 003110 |
Stock photo of embryos and yolk sacs of kitefin shark, Dalatias licha, photographed in garbage bin at fish processing plant, Pico, Azores Islands, Portugal
Picture #: 005832 |
Photo of shark fin soup
Picture #: 003136 |
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Picture of bonnethead shark, Sphyrna tiburo, caught in gill net, with 15 embryo pups, Florida Keys, Florida Bay, Gulf of Mexico
Picture #: 004418 |
Image of kitefin shark, Dalatias licha, being processed at fish plant, Pico, Azores Islands, Portugal
Picture #: 005831 |
Stock photo of shark finning camp, blue shark and mako shark fins and meat drying, Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 011536 |
Photo of a dead sandbar shark, caught on a longline, hangs beneath a fishing boat off, Malapascua Island, central Philippines
Picture #: 003918 |
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Picture of caudal fins of blue sharks, Prionace glauca, drying in Kesennuma, the Japanese center of shark fin production, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Picture #: 009215 |
Image of finning sharks for market, Trinidad, West Indies
Picture #: 008827 |
Stock photo of products made from sharks, shark fin soup, shark skin boots, perfume, medicine, jewelry
Picture #: 077004 |
Photo of a shark fin soup display
Picture #: 021325 |
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Picture of finning baby sharks for market, Trinidad, West Indies
Picture #: 008829 |
Image of whitetip reef shark, Triaenodon obesus, with fins cut off, Similan Islands National Park, Thailand, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean
Picture #: 009800 |
Stock photo of shark fisherman, finning sharks, Philippines, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 006661 |
Photo of a butcher chop tail off large shark at Kingstown Fish Market, St. Vincent, West Indies
Picture #: 008828 |
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