Pity the poor Hawaiian sharks

Wednesday, 17 Sep, 2009 0

Native Hawaiians sometimes consider sharks to be sacred. But a fear-based anti-shark campaign is leading to shark slaughter for their fins.
 

“Hawaii sharks are sacred to Hawaiians – unless you want to capture them, cut the fins off live animals and then dump them into the pristine waters surrounding Hawaii,” complains travel.dive.com.
 

The site calls recent anti-shark campaigns as “regurgitating spoon fed” fears of human attacks and “completely inane talking points” for politicians.
 

Legal loopholes allow the sharks to be killed in Hawaii with the cut-off fins sold in Asia. These have been good for shark fishermen but not for the state’s tourism efforts, says the site.
 

“The loopholes in that business are making a few non-native residents a killing these days… for as long as the sharks last that is, says travel.dive.com
 

By David Wilkening
 



 

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