Petition Put pressure on Asian governments to stop the inhumane act of shark finning.

Shark numbers are declining due to shark finning - this is when a live shark is taken out of the ocean to have its fin cut off and then thrown back into the water. A shark needs its fin to swim and ultimately to survive. Without it the shark soon dies as it can no longer fend for itself.

More details

Each year an estimated 100-200 million sharks are caught for their fins, which often go into the Asian delicacy 'fin soup'. Sharks have been populating our oceans since before the dinosaurs and we can't lose them now. Sharks also play a crucial role in the ecosystem of the ocean by eating sick and dead animals and keeping the seas healthy. By saving sharks we save the oceans and the planet. Shark finning has no place in our modern world and must stop before we lose this ancient species forever.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

35 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 35 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Show on a map the geographical breakdown of signatures by constituency

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 22 January 2017
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.