shark fin soup disaster

Shark fin soup? What in good god is that? Well its a soup, obviously, devoured mostly in Asia, a large part in china, where it is a huge hit, and considered a delicacy only rich can afford. Soup is very tasty don't get me wrong, but shark fin soup is causing a huge problem throughout the world today. It is leaving almost irreplaceable effects on the eco system in oceans everywhere. With shark fin soup considered a delicacy and highly looked for, people see the need to over-hunt for sharks precious fins. With the middle class taking on the role of becoming the hunter, the out come is catastrophic. When you have i massive amount of people hunting a very limited and scarce amount of sharks, who are for the most part defenseless against man, your going to see numbers sky rocket down. Whats even worse is the soup its self!! Shark fin has no taste what so ever, it just holds a unique texture and goes for a outrageous price. CNN website gives great information about the problems with hunting sharks and their fins. Cocos Island is a shark heaven for fishermen. It holds the greatest amounts of sharks possibly in the whole world with all different species flocking to the island. Cocos Island tries to protect sharks by declaring no boat is allowed with in three miles of the island, unfortunately this rule is ignored all the time. Fishermen often go not even a mile away from the islands shore. With rules ignored and some places who don't even try to protect sharks, you can forget about sharks slowly recovering from the damages of soup.