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Just this week, four of the five largest Chinese-language newspapers in shark fin capital Hong Kong rolled out a high-profile ad campaign that blasts the global anti-shark fin campaign as groundless, and intended “to incite the public to discriminate our own eating culture.” It claims Western conservation groups “use the shark issue as a fund-raising gimmick. We now we made a vow to voice out and unveil those lies.”
I have to admit that I've become a bit cynical with the media when it comes to how they portray anything to do with sharks. It seems that they're mostly interested in shocking headlines and have very little substance in the article themselves. So that's why today's article in Forbes came as a pleasant surprise. It is very informative, doesn't use hype and is well written.
In 10 years of working with Great White Sharks this is one of the best articles I've read on the complex subject of shark finning.
Well done Forbes.
Cheers,
Martin Graf
Dive Operations Manager
Shark Diver/Horizon
Isla Guadalupe, Mexico
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