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50% of the world´s whale sharks - Oceanographic Sadly, these same qualities, coupled with valuable fins and meat, have resulted in people hunting whale sharks in all sorts of inventive ways, with major fisheries having occurred in mainland China, India, the Philippines, and Taiwan Around half of the world’s whale shark population has been killed since the 1980s
2024 Shark Finning Report to Congress - NOAA Fisheries The United States has not imported shark fins since 2019 There were no shark fin exports in 2023 In 2022, U S fishermen landed more than 12 2 million pounds of sharks, valued at more than $3 8 million In 2023, a total of 6,474,798 pounds of shark were exported with a value of $12,312,633
Social, Economic, and Regulatory Drivers of the Shark Fin Trade The demand for shark fins is arguably the most important determinant of the fate of shark populations around the world This paper examines the role that social and economic factors in China play