For centuries, shark fin — usually served as soup — has been a coveted delicacy in Chinese cooking, extolled for its supposed ability to boost sexual potency, enhance skin quality, increase ...

Chan and her mother were once regulars at Hong Kong’s Dried Seafood Market, in Sheung Wan, where endless stalls display plastic bins stuffed with various forms of dried shark fin. “We don’t ...

Chan and her mother were once regulars at Hong Kong’s Dried Seafood Market, in Sheung Wan, where endless stalls display plastic bins stuffed with various forms of dried shark fin. “We don’t ...

The bigger the shark fin and the thicker the veining, the more expensive it is. Some restaurants and businesses are pledging to stop buying it in order to stop the killing of sharks.