The shark fin trade is destroying shark populations world wide. Millions of shark fins come from unreported, unregulated or illegal fisheries, and many legal fisheries for shark fin contribute to the problem. United Airlines should demonstrate environmental stewardship in the USA by joining 24 other airlines to stop carrying shark fin as cargo.
Why is this important?
Shark populations are being overfished worldwide. The trade of shark fin in illegal, unregulated and unreported fisheries for the delicacy shark fin soup is causing shark populations to decline critically worldwide. The tons of shark fins transported as cargo into Hong Kong on United Airlines flights is directly leading to the endangerment of shark species and the marine environment in the Americas, Asia and beyond.
