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A Chinese family enjoys a bowl of shark fin soup at one of the many shark's fin restaurants serving the delicacy in Hong Kong, China 16th December 2006 . The world's rising demand for shark fin soup is killing as many as 73 million sharks a year . The figure is three times higher than the official catch number reported to the United Nations and raises concern that the trade is having devastating impact on our oceans and shark species worldwide. Over 100 million sharks are killed each year for the fin trade. Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the biggest consumers of shark fin globally. Indonesia is the biggest exported of shark fins annually. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images

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A Chinese family enjoys a bowl of shark fin soup at one of the many shark's fin restaurants serving the delicacy in Hong Kong, China 16th December 2006 . The world's rising demand for shark fin soup is killing as many as 73 million sharks a year . The figure is three times higher than the official catch number reported to the United Nations and raises concern that the trade is having devastating impact on our oceans and shark species worldwide. Over 100 million sharks are killed each year for the fin trade. Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the biggest consumers of shark fin globally. Indonesia is the biggest exported of shark fins annually. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images