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Reef Sharks Threatened By Hunger For Soup

 December 7, 2006 @ 08:29 AM (EST)
Source: Abc.net.au
Southeast Asia's voracious appetite for shark fin soup may be contributing to a dramatic drop in the number of reef sharks in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, a marine scientist says. Dr Sean Connolly and colleagues from James Cook University found a 10-fold decrease in shark numbers in areas where fishing is allowed after conducting the first shark census in the World Heritage listed area...
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