What is Shark Finning, why is it practiced and what are the consequences? I am writing this essay on “Shark Finning”. What is it and why is it done? Shark finning is when the shark is captured and the fins are cut off to be sold. Shark fins are used medicinally in China but are also used as decoration in shark fin soup. There are many problems due to the fact that only the fins are taken. Firstly, sharks are released into the ocean still alive, without their fins they cannot swim and drown. The second problem is that the shark fins have no nutritional value in the soup and are there for no good reason. The only reason they are used in soup is because the Chinese consider them a delicacy. These are two very good reasons why sharks should not be hunted and killed for their fins; However, this is still happening on such a massive scale. Shark finning kills more than 10,000 people per hour worldwide and is a problem because of the importance of sharks in the ecosystem. If we continue to kill so many sharks, they will soon become extinct. Sharks take 25 years to achieve sexual activity, which means we are killing them faster than they can reproduce. Sharks have existed for four hundred million years and since then, they have never changed, but they have changed everything around them. They transformed underwater life into what it is today as a perfect predator. I've done a lot of research about sharks and shark fins and the more I learn about the problem, the more I realize that it has a huge effect on us humans. I looked through books about sharks and did research on the Internet. I have also asked people who work in aquariums and on the beach about this problem and they all seem to agree that it needs to stop; the question is how can we stop...... middle of paper ...... could increase and the problem would be solved, this way the cultural delicacy that has existed for so many years remains intact and sharks are They are not killed just for their fins. So, in conclusion, the problem can be solved and both sides of the debate can be happy. I just hope this can happen before we realize what we are doing to the environment and ourselves. Through primary and secondary research, I was able to think as best I could about the ethical question, gave my own personal opinion, and explored ideas on how to solve the problem at hand. I must state that killing sharks for all their resources is not wrong, but overfishing and shark finning is cruel and the main reason sharks are heading towards extinction. There needs to be a law in place and it needs to be passed as soon as possible before we have serious problems. Ben Stanhope