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    Shark fin soup is a soup or stewed dish served in parts of China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. The shark fins provide texture, while the taste comes from...
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    technology and market economics. Shark fin soup substitutes have lately also appeared on the market which do not require any shark fins. The International Union...
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    Shark fin dumpling (Chinese: 魚翅餃) is a dim sum dish in Hong Kong. It is a form of Dumpling in Superior Soup (Chinese: 灌湯餃), a dumpling with gelatinous...
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    shark, tiger shark, great white shark, mako sharks, thresher sharks, and hammerhead sharks. Sharks are caught by humans for shark meat or shark fin soup...
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    Buddha Jumps Over the Wall (category Chinese soups and stews)
    pinyin: fótiàoqiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hu̍t-thiàu-chhiûⁿ), is a variety of shark fin soup in Fujian cuisine. This dish has been regarded as a Chinese delicacy...
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    shark liver oil), skin (for shagreen) and fins (for use in delicacies such as shark-fin soup). Despite being active predatory fish, thresher sharks do...
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  • Shark fin or Shark Fin may refer to: The fins of a shark Shark fin soup, a soup made with shark fins Shark fin medicinals as quackery Shark Fin, a peak...
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    divers. This shark is heavily fished for its large fins, which are valuable on the Chinese market as the main ingredient of shark fin soup. As a result...
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    A shark sanctuary is an area that forbids commercial fishing operations from targeting and retaining caught sharks, including their fins. The first shark...
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    the high value of shark fins in restaurants in the Pacific Rim countries such as Taiwan, Hong Kong and China where Shark fin soup can cost up to $100...
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    tails and fins of living sharks, which are then thrown back into the ocean to die. The primary use of shark fins is in shark fin soup, an expensive delicacy...
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    In Asia, the pulp strands are used to make soup, quite similar to shark fin soup, hence the name "shark's fin melon". The cultivation and this usage feature...
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    availability of shark fin soup worldwide. Shark finning is prohibited in many countries. Foil shaped fins generate thrust when moved, the lift of the fin sets water...
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    The whole shark was donated to the Victoria Museum for research, instead of the fins being sold for use in shark fin soup. While basking sharks are not...
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    the end of the shark finning trade. The society took part in canvassing hotels and clubs, calling for them to drop shark's fin soup from their menus. As...
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    shark and shark-derived products in the UK including shark fin soup, shark cartilage, shark jaws, shark teeth and oils. Successes from its supermarket campaign...
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  • fifty-eight samples, seven were vulnerable, and one was endangered. Shark fin soup is traditionally regarded as beneficial for health in East Asia, and...
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    Lentil soup is a soup with lentils as its main ingredient; it may be vegetarian or include meat, and may use brown, red, yellow, green or black lentils...
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    or Critically Endangered by the IUCN. They are hunted for their fins (shark fin soup), use of parts as traditional medicine, their teeth and saw. They...
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    organ soup Pigeon soup Pork blood soup Shark fin soup Silkie soup – Also known as Black chicken soup Stewed chicken soup Tian mo Tomato and egg soup Turtle...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dorsal fins. Look up dorsal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shark fin soup Submarine sail Vertical stabilizer Aquatic...
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  • their fins. They are a popular species of shark used in shark fin soup because of the size of their fins. All sharks are used for shark fin soup, however...
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    leather, the fins for shark-fin soup and the liver for oil. Blue sharks are occasionally sought as game fish for their beauty and speed. Blue sharks rarely...
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    demand for shark fin soup, a delicacy in China. In 2008, a federal appeals court ruled in United States v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins that transshipment...
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    Cucumber soup is a traditional Polish and Lithuanian soup (Polish: Zupa ogórkowa, ['zupa ɔ'gurkɔva] ). It is made from sour, salted cucumbers and potato...
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    long sickle-shaped pectoral fins, ridge between the first and second dorsal fins, and faintly marked fins. Adult dusky sharks have a broad and varied diet...
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    commercial fisheries throughout its range; its fins are extremely valuable for use in shark fin soup. This shark is potentially dangerous and has likely been...
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    Porbeagle (redirect from Porbeagle shark)
    Japan also import this species. The fins are shipped to East Asia for use in shark fin soup. The remainder of the shark may also be used for production of...
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    reef shark as endangered; this shark is taken by multispecies fisheries in many parts of its range and used for various products such as shark fin soup and...
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    addition, the fins are used for shark fin soup, the skin for leather, the liver oil for vitamins, and the carcasses for fishmeal. Blacktip sharks are one of...
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