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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Cucumber soup is a traditional Polish and Lithuanian soup (Polish: Zupa ogórkowa, [zupa ɔɡurkɔva] ). It is made from sour, salted cucumbers and potato...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Gazpacho (redirect from Gazpacho Soup)
    gaspacho (Portuguese: [ɡɐʃˈpaʃu]), also called Andalusian gazpacho, is a cold soup and drink made of raw, blended vegetables. It originated in the southern...
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    French onion soup (French: soupe à l’oignon [sup a lɔɲɔ̃]) is a soup of onions, gently fried and then cooked in meat stock or water, usually served gratinéed...
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