Live finning As far back as the beginning of this century, in the wake of Chinese emigrants, shark fins found their way onto every continent. Chinese merchants bought shark fins cheaply in other countries and sold them at a premium.
早在本世紀初，魚翅隨著華人外移腳步，深入各洲，華商在他地廉價收購魚翅，卻高價售出，各國漁民也瞭解鯊魚鰭能帶來高附加價值，「斷鰭」行為因此常發生。