Based on Your Knowledge of Sustainable Fishery, to What Extent Do You Agree Shark Fin Soup Should Be Banned from All Hotels in Hong Kong?

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Based on your knowledge of sustainable fishery, to what extent do you agree shark fin soup should be banned from all hotels in Hong Kong? To a very large extent, I agree that shark fin soup should be banned from all hotels in Hong Kong. Shark fin soup has been used as meal for a long time in Hong Kong and Mainland China. This is due to a Chinese tradition belief that shark fin soup contains a lot of nutrients which are very healthy to human. However, because of this, lots of sharks are being killed each year just to get their fins for soup. Some even throw back the shark into the sea without the fin. Firstly, with sharks being killed rapidly, eco-system on the earth will be seriously affected. A survey done by Wild Aid and the Chinese Wildlife Association in 2006 showed that 35% of the interviewees had consumed shark fin soup in the previous year. This refers lots of sharks being killed each year. What is most important is that the population of sharks takes long time to recover. Sharks are top predators in the eco-system. When sharks are removed from the ocean, another kind of creatures will increase rapidly in amount. This causes unbalance in eco-system in which the food chain will be totally destroyed. By banning shark fin soup, fewer sharks will be killed for meal. Thus the eco-system can be protected. Secondly, consumption of shark fins in Hong Kong hotels accounts for 8% of the consumption of shark fins in the whole world which is a large percentage for only one city and accounts for 85% of the consumption of shark fins in Hong Kong due to different banquets. By banning shark fins soup from all hotels in Hong Kong, the demand for shark fins will have an obvious decrease. According to demand and supply principle, less demand contributes to less supply. That can surely help protect the natural habitat of sharks as well as protect the food chain of the

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