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

Sat May 7 13:52:05 EDT 2011

It is really interested to see that there are many concerns raised on the
issue of shark conservation.

I recently just received this posting from my colleague, about an indie film
titled "the shark con" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z8MTFvg-TQ) and its
website is in www.*thesharkcon*.com.

have you guys heard it? any response on this, there in US?

Regards, Habib

On 7 May 2011 03:56, Sarah Frias-Torres <sfrias_torres at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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
> > > Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
> > > PO Box 4646 Darwin
> > > NT 0801
> > > Australia
> > > Email: barry.russell at nt.gov.au
> > >
> > > Focal Point
> > > IUCN Snappers Seabreams and Grunts Red List Authority
> > > Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
> > > School of Environmental and Life Sciences
> > > Charles Darwin University
> > > Arafura Timor Research Facility
> > > 23 Ellengowan Drive
> > > Brinkin, NT 0810
> > > AUSTRALIA
> > > Phone: 61-8 89209241
> > > Mobile: 0404045229
> > > Web: http://www.atrf.org.au/
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > 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://
> > > independent.academia.edu/SarahFriasTorres
> > >
> > >
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