These include polar bears, rays and sharks that are heavily fished for shark fin soup.
Mr. Kerckerinck would like to see the sale of shark fins (a key ingredient in shark fin soup) outlawed.
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These days, shark fin soup is so fashionable that it's becoming commonplace.
Shark fin soup is a delicacy reserved for the wealthy on special occasions and it has been part of Chinese culture for centuries.
The ability to serve and consume shark fin soup is among the most revered of activities, because it signifies that one has made it.
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The biggest driver for shark fishing has been the demand for shark fin soup, a product that is seen as a luxury item among Chinese communities.
Shark fin, of course, is the namesake ingredient of shark fin soup, a popular delicacy in China since the Ming Dynasty and now eaten in Chinese restaurants around the world.
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By contrast, humans kill around 100 million sharks every year - a number that has ballooned in recent years because of the enormous demand for shark fins to make shark fin soup.
The move by some luxury hotel chains in greater China to ban shark fin soup ahead of the Lunar New Year was symbolic of a new day and part of a worldwide push.
In Beijing, government officials not to mention thousands of businessmen hoping to close the next big deal swear they absolutely have to treat their guests to shark fin soup as a show of respect and honor.
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Beijing government officials not to mention thousands of businessmen hoping to close the next big deal swear they absolutely have to treat their guests to shark fin soup as a show of respect and honor.
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"Sharks are still hunted in some waters as part of the finning industry where, horribly enough, they take the fins for shark fin soup and discard the rest of the body - that is the biggest threat to all sharks worldwide, " she said.
Their fins, prized for shark-fin soup, a traditional Chinese dish, fetch high prices.
John McCosker, chairman of aquatic biology at the California Academy of Sciences, estimates that 90% of the sharks that once inhabited the world's oceans have now disappeared, due to overfishing and shark finning a practice in which sharks are captured and their fins are sliced off for use in shark-fin soup.
Many dishes in a fine dining Chinese restaurant, such as abalone, sea turtle or shark's fin soup, will cost upwards of 100 euros for a single portion.
At a spring festival gathering in February, the Hong Kong Pui Ching Alumni Association ordered a 10-course meal but opted to replace the shark's fin soup with a chicken, fish belly and abalone soup.
The state Senate on Tuesday voted 25-9 to ban the sale, trade and possession of shark fin, a key ingredient in the traditional Chinese soup, sending the bill on to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown.
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