The greater threat to sharks comes not from fishermen, but from Asian gastronomes whose idea of a treat is shark-fin soup.

鲨鱼更大的威胁不是来自渔民，而是来自亚洲的美食家们，他们的人生一大快事就是喝鲨鱼翅汤。

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Restaurants were doing brisk business in shark-fin soup and other delicacies. Hotels were overbooked.

以鲨鱼鱼翅汤和其他美食营业的餐馆生意兴隆，酒店被超额预定。

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To truly save sharks, however, conservationists have to win over consumers in Asia and change the image of shark-fin soup.

然而，要真正做到保护鲨鱼，环保人士们还需要说服亚洲的鱼翅消费者，改变他们对于鱼翅汤的偏好。

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One of the recordings is a hip-hop song called "Shark Fin Soup."

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Their fins, prized for shark-fin soup, a traditional Chinese dish, fetch high prices.

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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.

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See his heartfelt anti-shark fin soup public service announcement here.

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