William Houf

NR 1234
Dean Staufer
September 28, 2015
Annotated Literature Review
Our world is filled with many amazing, interesting and beautiful creatures; some of
which have not yet even been discovered. Unfortunately, many species of animals in this world
have become endangered and even have gone extinct in recent years due to issues such as loss of
habitat and overhunting. Many shark species in the world are in this danger due to shark finning.
Shark finning is the act of catching sharks, cutting off their fins, and dumping the still live shark
back into the water without the ability to swim, which ends up with them suffocating because
they cannot run water over their gills. Shark finning has become such as problem because of the
popularity of shark fin soup, which is most popular in many Asian countries. To prevent the
further loss of sharks and the extinction of some of their species we must find an approach to
heavily regulate and even stop the finning of sharks.

The most relevant axiom to my subject is axiom number 3.

Biggest Problem Areas

Poblem countries are
Indonesia, India, Spain,
Taiwan, and argentina.
Bull Sharks, Dusky
Sharks, Tiger Sharks
and Silky Sharks have
sufered biggest
decline.

Options of Regulation
How expensive is it and
how easy is it to apply?

Shark fin soup

Why is it so popular?

Regulations already in
place and are they
efective/should they
stay in place?

How difficult will it be

to stop the production
of it?

1. 2013. Top Nations Killing & Finning Sharks. Shark Stewards.

Sharkstewards.org
This source is relevant to my topic because it is showing the top
nations killing sharks for their fins. I plan on using this to bring
awareness to which countries cause the most danger to sharks.
My key findings are which countries cause the most destruction.
This website likely has some bias.
2. 2015. The Impact Of The Shark Fin Trade. Shark Savers Wild Aid.
Sharksavers.org.
This source is relevant to my topic because it is showing the top
species of sharks that are in danger because of finning. I plan on
using this to motivate people to stop the killing of these beautiful
creatures. My key findings are the species that are the most in
danger. This website likely has some bias.
3. 2015. Bans on Shark Finning. Shark Savers Wild Aid. Sharksavers.org
This source is relevant to my topic because it is showing
countries with a ban on shark finning. I plan on using these
statistics to convince the reader that bans are a good idea. My
key findings are the countries with the ban. This website likely
has some bias.
4. Clarke, Shelley. 30 October 2012. Population Trends in Pacific Oceanic
Sharks and the Utility of Regulations on Shark Finning. Conservation
Biology, Volume 27 Issue 1.
This source is relevant because it is showing how regulations can
help sharks. I plan on using this to convince people that

regulations are a good idea. My key findings are the statistics on

sharks. This most likely has very little bias.
5. Jeferies, Cameron. Aug 2011. Legislative Note: An Emerging Pacific
Initiative to Ban Shark Finning and Limit the Consumption of Shark Fin
Soup-the Case for Canadian Participation. Journal of Environmental Law
and Practice. 255-265.
This is relevant because it is showing the efects of banning and
not consuming shark fin soup. I plan on using this to tell my
reader where shark finning and shark fin soup came from. My key
findings are the background on shark finning. This likely has little
bias.
6. Cisneros-Montemayor, Andrs; Barnes-Mauthe, Michele; AlAbdulrazzak, Dalal; Navarro-Holm, Estrella; Sumaila, U. Rashid. 30 May
3013. Global economic value of shark ecotourism: implications for
conservation. Oryx. Vol 47. Issue 3.
This article is relevant because is it on how much revenue shark
tourism makes. I plan on using this to convince the reader that if
we dont ban shark finning and sharks go extinct and we no
longer have this revenue it will efect the economy. My key
findings are the dollar amounts shark tourism makes. This likely
has little bias.
7. Clarke, Shelley. 2007. Social, Economic, and Regulatory Drivers of the
Shark Fin Trade. Marine Resource Economics. Vol. 22. Issue 3.
This article is relevant because it deals with other aspects that
drive the shark fin trade. I plan on using this to show the other
side of the argument to the readers. My key findings are diferent

benefits shark finning could possibly have. This article likely has
little bias.
8. Fong, Quentin S.W. 2002. International shark fin markets and shark
management: an integrated market preference-cohort analysis of the
blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus). Ecological economics. Vol. 40.
Issue 1.
This article is relevant to my topic because it is about shark
management and fin markets. I plan on using this to show
options of managing shark finning and making it less harmful to
shark populations. My key findings are the managing techniques.
This likely has little bias.
9. DellApa, Andrea. August 2014. The Influence of Culture on the
International Management of Shark Finning. Environmental
Management. Vol. 54. Issue 2.
This article is relevant to my topic because it shows how cultures
efect shark finning. I plan on using it to explain to my reader
how difficult it will be to completely stop shark finning. My key
findings are how cultures drive shark finning. This likely has little
10.

bias.
Yu Bon Man; Sheng Chun Wu; Ming Hung Wong. Shark fin, a

symbol of wealth and good fortune may pose health risks: the case of
mercury. December 2014. Vol. 36. Issue 6. Pp. 1015-1027.
This article is relevant to my topic because it is talking about the
health hazards of shark fins. I plan on using this to explain how
dangerous consuming shark fin soup can be. My key findings are

the health hazards associated with shark fins. This likely has little
bias.