Indonesia provides shark fins for China

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Fishing for fins for China

Published: 1 Mar 2013 at 13.30
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BENOA, Indonesia - Dozens of weary Indonesian fishermen sail into a busy port on the resort island of Bali celebrating their lucrative and controversial haul that is destined to end up at Chinese banquets.

Shark fins drying in the sun covering the roof of a factory building in Hong Kong from an illegal sharkfinning operation. (AFP File Photo)

The fishermen show off about 100 shark fins, already sliced off the carcasses, that are ready to be sold to middle-men and then most likely onwards to mainland China or cities around the world with big Chinese populations.

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tonibkk
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Discussion 3 : 01 Mar 2013 at 16.473
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DISGUSTING!
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Discussion 2 : 01 Mar 2013 at 14.182
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Tasteless over priced waste bought by those you feel the only way they can impress their friends is to buy them a bowl of this nonsense .Mean while the shark is sitting at the bottom of the ocean drowned .I always thought it was a funny question when people asked if life on Earth could survive with out us .Thrive is more like it .
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Discussion 1 : 01 Mar 2013 at 13.481
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thoes people have no brain..they only see money money...it makes me sick.stop it please.
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