Green group says 80pc of city’s upscale hotels are still serving shark fin and other threatened marine species, and most diners are Hongkongers Jennifer Cheng Jan 28, 2012 Many luxury hotels in the city still include endangered marine species on their seafood menus – and it’s not just shark’s fin soup, a conservation group says.…
Photo caption: Shark fin soup is a billion-dollar industry responsible for killing between 26 and 73 million sharks per year. Photograph: Paul Hilton/EPA The resort company’s move, coming just ahead of the Chinese new year festivities, is a huge boost to the campaign to protect decimated shark stocks by banning the dish. By Jonathan Watts. guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 18…
As more North American states ban shark fins, Shirley Zhao explores what such a move might mean for the Hong Kong market Along Sheung Wan’s Des Voeux Road West, the potent aroma is unmistakable. It’s that of dried seafood – one of the most traditional of Hong Kong industries – and it wafts over much of the…
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