[Coral-List] sustainable shark cartilage ? RE: Shark finning in eBay

Sarah Frias-Torres sfrias_torres at hotmail.com
Fri May 6 16:56:28 EDT 2011


If anyone is interested....I just called the phone number 1-888-505-GATEThis is for "Seagate", a company based in Southern California who are the manufacturers of the shark fin products posted in eBay.Upon request, the lady answering the phone said their shark fins come from "a sustainable blue shark fishery off the California coast".Here is the information in their web sitehttp://www.seagateproducts.com/shark-cartilage.html
Of course, until someone goes out there and checks the claims, we won't know for sure. I'm not a shark expert, but I doubt there is any sustainable fishery on sharks.

Sarah Frias-Torres, Ph.D. Schmidt Ocean Institute Postdoctoral FellowOcean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) 1420 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida 34949 USA Tel (772) 467-1600http://www.teamorca.orghttp://independent.academia.edu/SarahFriasTorres




> Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 14:52:55 -0400
> From: reefball at reefball.com
> To: Barry.Russell at nt.gov.au
> CC: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Shark finning in eBay
> 
> I contacted the lister on Ebay and got this response, "
> *Dear Reef Ball Foundation,*
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Thank you for contacting VitaminLife.
> We apologize but we are a retailer and do not make the products. We
> recommend you contact the manufacturer directly.
> 
> Seagate
> PHONE:
> 1-888-505-GATE -- Toll Free
> (1-888-505-4283)"
> 
> Anyone else have any success with this?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Todd R Barber
> Chairman, Reef Ball Foundation
> 3305 Edwards Court
> Greenville, NC 27858
> 252-353-9094 (Direct)
> 941-720-7549 (Cell & Goggle Voice)
> toddbarber Skype
> 
> www,reefball.org (Reef Ball Foundation)
> www.artificialreefs.org (Designed Artificial Reefs)
> www.reefbeach.com (Reefs for Beach Erosion)
> www.eternalreefs.com (Memorial Reefs)
> www.reefball.com (Reef Ball Foundation)
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:34 PM, Barry Russell <Barry.Russell at nt.gov.au>wrote:
> 
> > In response to Sarah's information on the sale of sharkfin cartilage
> >  products on ebay, the company manufacturing this is Seagate Products, a
> > San Diego
> >  Company: http://www.seagateproducts.com/shark-fin-cartilage.html
> >
> > They claim to have "been processing shark fins and shark cartilage for
> > human
> >  consumption since 1981." Seems like they have not heard nor have any real
> >  understanding of the global threats to sharks through the shark fin
> > industry.
> >  Except in Hawaii and Washington State it is perfectly legal to sell shark
> >  fin products in the US.  If you really want to help ban shark products in
> >  the US see this website:
> >
> > http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/calabasas-join-hawaii-in-banning-shark-fin-products/
> >
> >
> > Dr Barry Russell
> > Curator Emeritus of Fishes
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> > From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> >  [mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Sarah
> > Frias-Torres
> > Sent: Thursday, 5 May 2011 11:18 PM
> > To: coral list
> > Subject: [Coral-List] Shark finning in eBay
> >
> >
> > [Apologies for cross-postings]I'm not sure if this is relevant to
> >  Coral-List, as managed by a US-government institution, but...
> > In eBay, if you type "shark fin" and go to "Dietary products" you find two
> >  posts selling shark fin cartillage. This comes directly from shark
> >  finning.Here is the
> >  linkhttp://
> > health-beauty.shop.ebay.com/Dietary-Supplements-Nutrition-/19259/i.html?_nkw=shark+fin&_catref=1&_dmpt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282to
> >  the shark biologists in this list, folks in conservation groups or those
> >  with eBay accounts, would they please contact eBay and let them know why
> >  selling shark fin products is so wrong, and ask to have the posts
> > deleted?Thanks
> >
> > Sarah Frias-Torres, Ph.D. Schmidt Ocean Institute Postdoctoral FellowOcean
> >  Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) 1420 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce,
> >  Florida 34949 USA Tel (772)
> >  467-1600http://www.teamorca.orghttp://
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