Nice set of articles Nathalie! Keep it up!

Thank you so much. This topic means a great deal to me. I appreciate that!
Cheers
Nat

What, no recipe?:)

Shark Fin has no flavor. Try using tofu. Same effect without the carnage.

Sharkfin soup gets it's flavor entirely from the herbs and sauces that are added to it. Uninformed people believe that it is an aphrodisiac.

Great article! Here's some interesting information:

"Spiny dogfish are fished for food in Europe, the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Chile. The meat is primarily consumed in England, France, the Benelux countries and Germany. The fins and tails are processed into fin needles and are used in less expensive versions of shark fin soup in Chinese cuisine. In England it is sold in "fish and chip shops" as "rock salmon", in France it is sold as "small salmon" (saumonette) and in Belgium it is sold as "sea eel" (zeepaling). It is also used as fertilizer, liver oil, and pet food, and, because of its availability and manageable size, as a popular vertebrate dissection specimen, especially in high schools."

Their conservation status is "Vulnerable" ...

Thanks so much for commenting and adding the extra info guys. There's so much to talk about on this issue. I didn't even get into all the health stores and pharmacies that sell shark cartilage pills for joints and arthritis. I even saw one bottle labeled as "prevents tumors". Can you believe that?

"I didn't even get into all the health stores and pharmacies that sell shark cartilage pills for joints and arthritis."

Yeah, my grandmother (who has terrible arthritis in her hands) once received some shark cartilage pills from a "natural health" store as a gift from a family member. As you can imagine, it didn't help...