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Shark fin soup [Pinyin "Yu Chi"; Wade-Giles "Yü Ch`ih"] is a dish commonly served in Chinese restaurants as part of a Chinese feast, usually at special occasions such as weddings and banquets as a symbol of wealth and prestige. A typical restaurant in uptown Manhattan A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ...
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The name of this soup is not a figure of speech; it is made with genuine shark fins. The fins are trimmed and dried and bleached. Then the fin rays are boiled with chicken stock and other ingredients, then served as soup. Shark fin by itself has very slight or no flavor; the soup relies entirely on the chicken broth for flavor, though the shark fin provides a unique texture that is soft and gelatinous yet crunchy. Considered a highly prized delicacy, the best shark fin soup can fetch up to US$100 per bowl. Where they are in high demand like in Hong Kong, genuine sharks' fins from sought-after species such as the Hammerhead (Sphyrna spp.), Mako (Isurus spp.), and Blue Shark (Prionace spp.) can sell for US$400 per kilogram. However, there are also cheaper shark fins, usually taken from smaller shark species, used for casual dining. Orders see article text below Sharks are a group (superorder Selachimorpha) of fish, with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan with between 5 and 7 gill slits along the sides (most often) or side of the head (the first modified slit is behind the eye and called a...
Binomial name Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) A chicken is a type of domesticated bird which is usually raised as a type of poultry. ...
Species Sphyrna (Sphyrna) lewini Sphyrna (Sphyrna) mokarran Sphyrna (Sphyrna) zygaena Sphyrna (Sphyrna) couardi, Sphyrna (Mesozygaena) corona Sphyrna (Platysqualus) media Sphyrna (Platysqualus) tiburo Sphyrna (Platysqualus) tudes The Hammerhead shark (genus Sphyrna) is a member of the family Sphyrnidae. ...
Binomial name Isurus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810 The Shortfin Mako Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus), commonly called Mako Shark, is a large shark of the Lamnidae family with a full-grown size of 2. ...
Binomial name Prionace glauca (Linnaeus, 1758) The Blue Shark (Prionace glauca) is a carcharhinid shark. ...
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The quantities used for each bowl of soup may vary from a few needles of fin rays (typical in a US $150 chinese feast), to a whole small fin, or even more. The price depends on the size and quality of shark fin used; shark fin is estimated to cost at least US $4.50 per bowl.
There is an imitation version that may simply be labeled as shark-fin soup (in most cases preceded by the word "imitation" on the product label). This sells for around US $1.50 per bowl. It does not contain shark-fins, but instead is made of mung bean paste vermicelli shaped to resemble shark fins though they are nowhere equivalent to genuine shark fin in either texture or color. It is commonly served in chicken broth, with culinary fungus and pork to enhance the texture and taste. Vermicelli (little worms) are a type of pasta, round in section and somewhat thinner than spaghetti. ...
Shark fin is the second most prized ingredient of the so-called "four treasures of the sea" in Chinese cuisine. The others are abalone (which is always the most expensive), sea cucumber (varies in cost), and fish maw. A piece of abalone shell Abalone is the Spanish name used in the United States for various species of shellfish (mollusks) from the Haliotidae family (genus Haliotis), with a richly coloured (on the inside__the outside is rough and mostly brown) shell yielding mother_of_pearl. ...
Orders Subclass Apodacea Apodida Molpadiida Subclass Aspidochirotacea Aspidochirotida Elasipodida Subclass Dendrochirotacea Dactylochirotida Dendrochirotida The sea cucumber is an echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, with an elongated body and leathery skin. ...
The gas bladder (also fish maw, less accurately swim bladder or air bladder) is an internal organ that contributes to the ability of a fish to control its buoyancy, and thus to stay at the current water depth, ascend, or descend without having to waste energy in swimming. ...
According to wildlife conservationists, much of the sharks' fins in the trade are cut from living sharks; this process is called finning. Because shark meat is worth very little, the finless and often still-living sharks are thrown back into the sea to make room for more of the valuable fins. When returned to the ocean, the finless sharks, unable to move, die from suffocation or are eaten by other sharks or animals. Finning is vigorously opposed by animal welfare groups; both on moral grounds and also because it is purportedly a major cause for the rapid decline of global shark populations, in some cases by 99% over the last 50 years, leading conservation ecologists and fishery experts to predict widespread shark extinction in 10 or 20 years. An estimated 100 million sharks are slaughtered each year for their fins, and the industry is valued at 1.2 billion US dollars; because of the lucrative profits, there are allegations of links to organized crime. They also raise questions on the medical harm from the consumption of high levels of toxic mercury reportedly found in shark fins. Ocean (Okeanos, a Greek god of sea and water; Greek ωκεανός) covers almost three quarters (71%) of the surface of the Earth. ...
Animal welfare is the viewpoint that some or all animals, especially those under human care, should be treated in such a way that they do not suffer unnecessarily. ...
The term Conservation ecology covers a very wide range of subjects, basically, any part of ecology that has a bearing on conservation. ...
A fishery (plural: fisheries) is an organized effort by humans to catch fish or other aquatic species, an activity known as fishing. ...
In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of a species or group of species. ...
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In countries such as Thailand and Singapore, public awareness advertisements on finning have reportedly reduced consumption by 25%. In Hong Kong, the oldest chain of restaurants specializing in shark fin soup has reportedly closed, citing lobbying by the animal rights groups as one of the main reasons.
New laws have been passed to prevent finning; though much of the international waters continue to be unregulated. The United States recently issued a ban on finning, applicable only to US-registered vessels, even in US territorial waters; and shark fins cannot be imported into the USA without entire carcasses. International fishing authorities are in the process of banning shark fishing (and finning) in the Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean sea. However shark fishing and finning continues unabated in the Pacific and Indian ocean, supported by those who continue to consume sharkfin as part of traditional chinese cuisine, as well as keeping with the traditional belief that humans hold precedence over other species. The terms international waters, transboundary waters, or High Seas apply where any of the following types of bodies of water (or their drainage basins) transcend international boundaries: oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or semi-enclosed regional seas and estuaries, rivers, lakes, groundwater systems (aquifers), and wetlands. ...
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The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, peaceful sea, bestowed upon it by the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan) is the worlds largest body of water. ...
This large-scale removing of sharks may severely unbalance the ecosystem of warm seas by allowing some species of large or middle-sized fish to multiply or grow bigger: for an example see grouper. Orders see article text below Sharks are a group (superorder Selachimorpha) of fish, with a full cartilaginous skeleton, a streamlined body plan with between 5 and 7 gill slits along the sides (most often) or side of the head (the first modified slit is behind the eye and called a...
In ecology, an ecosystem is a community of organisms (plant, animal and other living organisms - also referred as biocenose) together with their environment (or biotope), functioning as a unit. ...
Genera Alphestes Anyperidon Cephalopholis Cromileptes Dermatolepis Epinephelus Gonioplectrus Gracila Mycteroperca Niphon Paranthias Plectropomus Saloptia Triso Variola For the Windows application (computer program) called Grouper, see Grouper (Windows application). ...
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References Baum J.K., Myers R.A., Kehler D.G., Worm B., Harley S.J., Doherty P.A. (2003) — Collapse and Conservation of Shark Populations in the Northwest Atlantic. Science, 5605: 389-392. |
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