On Sunday, May 16, 2021 at 5:05:21 PM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 11:45:29 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > On 15/05/2021 22:53, dsi1 wrote:
> > > On Saturday, May 15, 2021 at 4:16:53 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> > >> On 15/05/2021 13:38, Gary wrote:
> > >>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > >>>> A TV program on Nat Geo, To Catch a Smuggler showed some fins going
> > >>>> through customs illegally. They can go for $500 a pound.
> > >>>
> > >>> I saw that episode. I also previously watched a documentary showing
> > >>> asian fishermen harvesting those shark fins.
> > >>>
> > >>> They catch the sharks, cut off all the fins then toss the still alive
> > >>> shark back into the ocean. Without their fins, they can't swim or hunt
> > >>> so they sink to the bottom and just lay there until they die.
> > >>>
> > >> ======
> > >>
> > >> That is appalling(( I hope they suffer the same fate!!!
> > >
> > > Shark fin soup is not popular on this rock. The Hawaiians viewed sharks and other creatures as forms that their gods might take. They sometimes regarded sharks as a family god or the spirits of their ancestors that would appear to offer help or protection. Generally speaking, killing a shark was considered kapu. Killing and eating the spirit of your ancestors would be a very bad thing.
> > ====
> >
> > I can see that!!
> A lot of the locals on this rock are of Hawaiian/Chinese ancestry. Culturally, they get conflicted sometimes. The Hawaiian part says to respect/protect/preserve the sharks. The Chinese part says that eating shark fin soup will bring good luck, and screw the Hawaiians!
> In the end, Hawaii became the first state in the union to ban the possession, sale, and trade of shark fin. The state will probably pass a law soon making it
> illegal to kill a shark in our waters.

Some help that will do. All they have to do is move to the American southeast. Shark fin soup is legal there.