Environmental activists in shark costumes minus fins protest outside a Chinese restaurant in Hong Kong on Saturday. "Stop selling," chanted the group of about 70 adults and children, some of them holding placards that read, "Maxims, stop selling endangered shark fin 'upon request.'" Shark fin is a status symbol for many Chinese, prized as nourishment and consumed in a shredded jelly-like soup. Hong Kong permits shark fin imports, but species listed by the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) require a permit. "Hong Kong importers are quite honest about endangered shark fins," Leung, who runs a dried seafood company, told Reuters.

Source: Bangkok Post June 10, 2017 09:04 UTC