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trini123
10-26-2011, 11:43 AM
Toronto has banned the sale/distribuition/consumption of shark fin soup. This is good but one only has to take a 15 min drive to Markham where it is not banned. This should be banned on the planet.


http://www.stopsharkfinning.net/

BW
10-26-2011, 01:57 PM
if we eating the rest of the shark, why not the fins too?

edyle
10-26-2011, 02:04 PM
Toronto has banned the sale/distribuition/consumption of shark fin soup. This is good but one only has to take a 15 min drive to Markham where it is not banned. This should be banned on the planet.


http://www.stopsharkfinning.net/

A "ban" is a crude concept.

draja
10-26-2011, 02:54 PM
Once I culd get mih Shark an Bake ah doh care. Iz dem choinese goh suffah.

trini123
10-26-2011, 04:08 PM
A "ban" is a crude concept.


Banning one city in Canada is crude and would be very expensive to enforce. It should be banned across Canada but there would be a big fight in areas like Markham where there are many Chinese.

Falcon
10-26-2011, 04:11 PM
I hope they ban curry chaana in Torono; just to even up things

amzz
10-26-2011, 06:47 PM
bw, they capture d shark, remove the fin and throw d rest of the body back into the sea.

BW
10-26-2011, 08:11 PM
bw, they capture d shark, remove the fin and throw d rest of the body back into the sea.

in trini though?

when i order shark fin from jenny wok, is not just a piece off the same shark they frying in maracas?

amzz
10-26-2011, 08:20 PM
i dont know what they do here.. Im not convinced that its actually shark.. I mean where would they get that large supply of shark from and sharks are mostly endangered .. that should be next on d list for the minister to look into

Falcon
10-27-2011, 03:29 AM
i dont know what they do here.. Im not convinced that its actually shark.. I mean where would they get that large supply of shark from and sharks are mostly endangered .. that should be next on d list for the minister to look into

Huh??

before turtles???
before illegal hunting???
before active macaw protection???
before unlicenced possession of endangered species???
before actually implementing/enforcing CITES at the ports???
before mangrove protection???
before plans to re-encourage scarlet ibis nesting???
before careless birth control at the zoo???
before jailing Lutc....shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh sorry

no Ama, let the people sell their shark fin soup

amzz
10-27-2011, 06:06 AM
TEW should be placed in charge of all of d above. They would get d job done.

vaio
10-27-2011, 12:30 PM
bw, they capture d shark, remove the fin and throw d rest of the body back into the sea.

they do???

is that harmful to the shark? and why not jus keep the shark to eat?

edyle
10-27-2011, 12:33 PM
TEW should be placed in charge of all of d above. They would get d job done.

Is the average person expected to know what you mean by TEW?


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edyle
10-27-2011, 12:34 PM
they do???

is that harmful to the shark? and why not jus keep the shark to eat?

Because there is a relatively high demand for shark fin soup than for shark meat perhaps?

BW
10-27-2011, 12:37 PM
Because there is a relatively high demand for shark fin soup than for shark meat perhaps?

i might be wrong on this, but doesn't shark meat spoil relatively fast as compared to other fish? might not be the best thing to catch/store for mass market.

BW
10-27-2011, 12:38 PM
Is the average person expected to know what you mean by TEW?

TEW - trinidad's Ecological warriors

i think.

straphanger
10-27-2011, 12:43 PM
i dont know what they do here.. Im not convinced that its actually shark.. I mean where would they get that large supply of shark from and sharks are mostly endangered .. that should be next on d list for the minister to look into

it's catfish
ask kem

vaio
10-27-2011, 12:54 PM
Because there is a relatively high demand for shark fin soup than for shark meat perhaps?

really? wow! and i've never had shark fin soup :s:

edyle
10-27-2011, 12:58 PM
really? wow! and i've never had shark fin soup :s:

I've probably had some once maybe; I was asking a question not providing an answer.
The point being that one shark is probably going to provide pounds or tens of pounds of shark meat but only a few ounces of shark fin.

If demand is relatively higher for shark fin then some fishermen are going to look specifically for the fins only and forget the meat.

shield_2006
10-27-2011, 01:51 PM
what about bird nest soup?

amzz
10-27-2011, 05:13 PM
Natgeo video here:

http://youtu.be/mCqPXhhxZIg


I saw a documentary where the live shark was brought aboard, stripped of its fin and tossed back into d water. V, without d fin it wont be able to swim.

amzz
10-27-2011, 05:15 PM
Is the average person expected to know what you mean by TEW?

no, just d average trinibagonian

vaio
10-27-2011, 08:01 PM
:o amzz, now I never want to eat shark fin soup! Poor sharks :(

trini123
10-27-2011, 10:51 PM
Here's a good article that explains why only fin is collected.

The soup is $20/bowl so they throw away shark to save space on ship. :-(
Fins contain mercury as shark is a predator :-(
Fins have no nutritional value. :-(
Removing sharks at 100 mill/yr can have severe impact to ecosystem. :-(
Eating shark fin soup is a status symbol. I had it once at a Chinese wedding- tastes like noodles. Nothing special. :-(







http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/08/shark-finning-the-big-shark-week-an-explanation-of-shark-finning.php

BW
10-27-2011, 11:01 PM
shark fin soup supposedly is good for men's sexual prowess i heard

had it a few times. doesn't taste bad but nothing special. no super sex powers yet afaik.

Solachica
10-28-2011, 08:54 AM
rofl wht super sex powers you want BW lol

edyle
10-28-2011, 11:57 AM
No nutritional value!!!?
Wow!
You'd think there'd be some useful reason shark fin soup was an issue.

sacky
10-28-2011, 07:39 PM
http://www.babelgum.com/endoftheline



this might help

amzz
10-30-2011, 09:24 AM
these pictures give good idea of how big the industry is
http://tiny.cc/msaci

bigzack
10-30-2011, 11:31 AM
:o amzz, now I never want to eat shark fin soup! Poor sharks :(

That is the same reason why I stop eating OX tail.

Ah never see ah bob tail OX yet, and nobody could tell mih what dey does do with the rest ah the OX, if they only cooking the tail.

vaio
10-30-2011, 02:23 PM
ent the 'oxtail' is really cow tail? i dunno eh cos i never eat cow :s:

bigzack
10-31-2011, 06:08 AM
ent the 'oxtail' is really cow tail? i dunno eh cos i never eat cow :s:

So then why the hell they ent say "cow tail"?

Solachica
10-31-2011, 06:17 AM
The shark in Trini bake n 'shark' is really catfish?

sweetnezz
10-31-2011, 02:02 PM
I had shark fin also...nothing special.

amzz
10-31-2011, 04:22 PM
The shark in Trini bake n 'shark' is really catfish?

i hope so..