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To me, this ban is a slippery slope and potentially precedent setting. Today, its shark fins but what's next?

Shark activists will say sharks need special protection because they are special case as apex predators and the importance that plays in the ecology. But all the different types of tuna, and not just the endangered bluefin tuna, are apex predators. And, swordfish are apex predators too. Are we going to be soon banning the sale of tuna and swordfish since they're apex predators too and just as important to the marine ecology?

Or, maybe, they'll ban the slaughter or sale of horse meat in Canada just like its been banned in the US?

If we're going to get the ball rolling and ban food because of its enviornmental impact, then don't we need to worry, at some point, are they going to ban cow meat? Big picture enviornmental level, our consumption of meat causes a lot more damage to the environment than Chinese people eating shark fins. The UN has called livestock sector one of the top three biggest enviornmental problems in the world.

Cows aren't endangered, but that doesn't mean they're not a enviornmental problem- since cows are so popular and plentiful and cheap and we raise so many cows on farms to meet that demand, those cows place a lot of pressure on the environment. In the US, more than 25% of those endangered species became endangered because of cattle grazing.