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From seastewards.org...
As apex predators, sharks are among the most important components of the food web. Although protected in State and US waters from finning, sharks are at risk as incidental bycatch and are vulnerable to commercial longliners offshore. In Southern California, sharks are targeted by a commercial shark fishery and as bycatch in the gill net fishery. Fins from these sharks are sold to merchants legally to make the Chinese delicay shark fin soup. Hundreds of kilos are making their way in and out of US ports each year, many fresh from Costa Rica and Ecuador: two countries who condemn shark finning. More>

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