Black market fins Bashny.Net

World 3 kill sharks every second. In the year destroyed up to 73 million sharks are three times higher than the official statistics of the United Nations.

The growth of China's economy leads to increased demand for shark fin soup at a banquet which is a Chinese symbol of wealth and prestige. 95% of the total caught shark fins is absorbed by China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The market is growing at a rate of 5% per year.

Black market fins - a multi-billion dollar, and one of the most closed and little-known businesses. With a feed, and make a fortune by thousands of people around the world. For example, in Ecuador detain consignments of fins amount of 20 thousand units. Pound fins on the target market is from 300 to 500 dollars in 2011. Miners also receive $ 1 per pound, ie less than 1% of the final value. 350 smuggled fins on the street price in 2007 were worth 86,000 dollars. Separate fin whale shark went for the price of 15 000 dollars for 1 piece.

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In the production of the fins are cut off live sharks More on that later to make room for a boat thrown out to die in agony in the sea, ie, they do not clog. Illegal destruction of sharks and their extinction as a species, can cause the food chain to global changes in the world's oceans. The number of sharks in the sea is rapidly declining.

Anyway, 90% of legally imported into China shark carcasses passes through the village Pookie. Local residents in the 20 official company processes up to 4 000 tonnes of shark carcasses per year. The village is inhabited by 35 thousand people, and this local craft practiced for 800 years. Up to 98% shark carcasses at these enterprises is processed into various products for sale as a result of talking everything.