Brett Homme here. It occured to me as I was typing the last post that some people who read these posts might not completely know what shark finning is. Because of that, I've decided to make a post completely dedicated to the facts and information surrounding shark finning. Shark finning is defined only by the cutting off of a shark's fins while out in the open ocean, and then leaving the shark to die in the water. Shark killing is different; shark killing can be catching and killing theshark out at sea and bringing it back to port, or just catching the shark and killing it back on land. "Bycatching," or the catching of fish that the gear being used is not specifically designed to be used for, is estimated to account for at least 50 million of the 100 million sharks being killed every year. Over the past years, however, fishermen have stopped simply disposing of sharks when they caught them and have instead started cutting off their fins and then dumping the bodies back into the water. Even if there is a fine for having fish or fish parts aboard that the fishermen didn't go out to fish for, the fishermen know that they will get for money for selling the fins, so they don't care. Because the fins only account for 5% of the shark, most of the shark is going to waste. Most sharks need to keep swimming in order to breathe (to keep water running across their gills), so if they lose their fins, they can't swim and will either slowly die by asphyixation or will be eaten by another animal. All for the purpose of people making money and eating a tasteless, toxic food.
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