As fishermen of other nations learned that shark fins could fetch a handsome price, "finning" became a widespread practice .Keith Highley of the Taiwan office of the environmentalist organization Earthtrust, says that today, all countries with a major fishing industry practice shark finning to some extent.
「信任地球生態保護組織」台灣負責人張敬玉表示，今天只要大一點的漁業國家，多少都有只取鯊魚魚鰭的行為。