Video: Shark Fins: Installation by Greenpeace in New Zealand
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Few people know that the black market for shark fins is one of the most lucrative illegal ways to make money. True, the terrifying rate of extermination of sharks in the pursuit of profit may in the foreseeable future lead to the disappearance of these inhabitants of the aquatic expanses, and, accordingly, to irreversible changes in the ocean. World organization speaks out in defense of sharks Greenpeaceorganizing in New Zealand installation of 100 shark fins … Self-made, of course.
The emblematic installation opened in a bay off the coast of Wellington on Friday 13 September. This is Greenpeace's first shark protection initiative, and a series of awareness-raising events are planned over the course of the week to keep everyone informed of the threat posed by these predators.
The installation contains 99 gray fins, symbolizing countries that have given up the use of shark fins (for example, the USA, Australia and others). The only orange fin is New Zealand, where there is no legal ban on shark extermination.
Recall that the passion for shark fins in the culture of some countries is not accidental: by the way, in China, soup made from this delicacy is considered a sign of wealth and prestige. Taiwan and Hong Kong, along with the Middle Kingdom, are also considered the main consumers of this product. The worst thing is that during the hunt, poachers cut off the fins of sharks and throw them overboard while they are still alive. Needless to say, poor fish lose their maneuverability, sink to the bottom and die of suffocation there.
Every year, up to 70 million sharks die in the world, so the installation from Greenpeace is a huge step towards popularizing information about the catastrophe threatening the world's oceans, if the ruthless consumer society does not moderate its ardor and think about the future. By the way, this is far from the first Greenpeace art initiative that we tell the readers of the site Culturology. Ru about. Earlier we have already written about the illusions on the asphalt, "telling" about the pollution of the planet's water resources.
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