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rabbit · 11-04-2012, 05:52 PM

To me, the endangered status of the bluefin tuna illustrates to me why a complete and total ban on shark fin soup is wrong on a couple of levels.

A complete ban is too broad where we're acting as if every shark is endangered, when 20-33% shark species, depending on your sources, are endangered. We would never pass a law to completely ban the sale of all the different types of tuna just because the bluefin tuna is endangered which is akin to what a shark fin ban does.

Instead of passing a complete ban on shark fin soup, why aren't we banning the sale or importation of finned sharks and endangered sharks? In other words, if Chinese people wanted to eat shark fin soup that came from healthy populations of sharks that were caught in a sustainable, environmentally friendly manner, then what's wrong with that?

11-04-2012, 05:52 PM	#111
rabbit Draft Pick Join Date: Nov 2012	To me, the endangered status of the bluefin tuna illustrates to me why a complete and total ban on shark fin soup is wrong on a couple of levels. A complete ban is too broad where we're acting as if every shark is endangered, when 20-33% shark species, depending on your sources, are endangered. We would never pass a law to completely ban the sale of all the different types of tuna just because the bluefin tuna is endangered which is akin to what a shark fin ban does. Instead of passing a complete ban on shark fin soup, why aren't we banning the sale or importation of finned sharks and endangered sharks? In other words, if Chinese people wanted to eat shark fin soup that came from healthy populations of sharks that were caught in a sustainable, environmentally friendly manner, then what's wrong with that? Last edited by rabbit; 11-05-2012 at 02:15 AM.