The global shark fin trade is a $400 million business that kills as many as 100 million sharks each year, 70 million of these sharks are killed just for fins! Beyond the devastating consequences for shark populations and ocean ecosystems, such wildlife trade is also linked to human rights abuses, as well as drug, weapon and other trafficking. Without sharks, the ocean would die, and frankly so would we.

A few states have already outlawed the transport of shark fins, but that just isn't quite enough, the United States is the 7th biggest distributor of shark fins, so we should try to outlaw this mafia-like business when we can, one state at a time. Outlawing this industry in the United States would do a lot for the rapidly decreasing shark population. If we can save our ocean's sharks, that's one step closer to saving the ocean from the commercial fishing industry and IUU Fishing. 

I've loved sharks all my life, and seeing this happen to sharks is devastating for me alongside many others, and we need to take action while we can! The consequences of causing sharks to go extinct can result in us humans going extinct too. The shark product trade is a serious problem not many people know about, that's why I'm striving to spread the word about this problem.

I currently run my own shark conservation team called the USSCT, all profit we make from sales on our online store go towards shark conservation and research, and I would appreciate all the support i can get, so please check us out if you can, thank you so much! (sorry, the website is currently under maintenance)