KAOSHIUNG, Taiwan (CNN)-- There is no animal on earth more vilified than the shark. Pop culture references and annual, over-hyped reports of attacks on swimmers or surfers have put sharks on the ...

There is a robust global market for shark fins in particular to meet the demand for shark fin soup. Shark fin soup is a popular (and pricey) dish in some East Asian societies, prized as a symbol of ...

For over a decade, AWI has provided an online database of restaurants in the United States that continue to serve shark fin soup. The goal is to help people avoid such establishments and to call ...

as top predators, sharks play an important role in the marine ecosystem — their decline is symbolic of all that’s gone wrong in the oceans as a result of mismanagement and greed. Find out more about ...

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang state government has banned shark’s fin soup at official functions with immediate effect. The state exco has passed a resolution on ‘No shark’s fin soup for all ...

No Chinese wedding is complete without a round of shark fin soup – or so Chinese tradition ... This is the first time any exhibition of this kind has been introduced to Hong Kong, but the ...

Another reason to give up shark's fin soup: more than a third sold in Hong Kong comes from vulnerable or endangered species So what about the government? Hong Kong embraces free trade and the ...

This London restaurant owner wouldn't even let Gordon Ramsay and his cameras in to see the soup and talk to customers. So in an effort to understand the shark fin demand, Ramsay traveled to Taipei ...