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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I remember Disney planning to sell shark fin soup
in its new Asian park a few years back and the huge outcry. I remember sending a
scathing e-mail and Disney ended up pulling the soup from all their parks
because they got millions of letters / e-mails etc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is a restaurant in the USA selling Shark Fin
Soup - I encourage you to e-mail the restaurant in protest; I just
did!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Article from CNN.com:</FONT></DIV>
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</DIV><!-- DATA FIELDS --><!-- /DATA FIELDS --><B>Shark fins<BR>Banned in:
The U.S.</B>
<P>Shark fin soup, a Chinese delicacy, was once an indulgence only the very rich
could afford. However, as Asian economies have grown, more people are serving
the soup at weddings, banquets, and other celebrations.
<P>While expensive - one bowl in the U.S. might cost as much as $100 - shark fin
soup is not illegal. However, "shark finning"- cutting the fins off a shark and
then dumping the carcass back into the ocean - is prohibited in U.S. waters.
Fishermen covet shark fins for their high market price, but other shark meat has
little value; in addition, the fins, dried in the sun, are easy to transport,
while whole sharks are not.
<P>According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Shark
Finning Prohibition Act, enacted in 2000, fins can only comprise 5% of a
fisherman's total shark haul; the Coast Guard, NOAA, and state officials enforce
this rule at sea and at the docks. Most shark fins are exported to Hong Kong and
other Asian cities, although some make their way to American Chinatowns or Asian
specialty markets. Prized for its medicinal properties, shark's fin soup is
actually fairly simple: chicken stock, mushrooms, scallions, some spices, and
the fin itself, its cartilaginous flesh boiled until tender.
<P>Dying to try it for yourself? Head to <A
href="http://www.restaurantstella.com/"><FONT color=#004276>Stella!</FONT></A>
restaurant in New Orleans, where it's a <A
href="http://www.restaurantstella.com/sharksfin.htm"><FONT
color=#004276>signature ingredient</FONT></A>.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.restaurantstella.com/">http://www.restaurantstella.com/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>they actually have a video of the chef making shark
fin soup - unbelievable !!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin Bailey</FONT></DIV>
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