1. Three weeks ago on a trip to Las Vegas I noticed at a restaurant named Pearl in the MGM Grand Hotel listed shark fin soup for sale on its menu. The restaurant was closed at the time and I was unable to to locate any individual in the hotel that could provide me with more information regarding if what they were serving was truly real shark fin soup, but that has not stop me from still trying to find out more about what they are doing and stop the serving of shark fin soup in Vegas.

Posted at 10:44AM on Jan 3rd 2007 by marclyng

2. If you read through all of the "reviews" on Amazon for this product you will see:
-- a lot of negative reviews from recognizable members of the dive community (Good job, guys!).
-- some jerk who posted he bought a case, as has his whole family.
-- a few negative reviews dating back to, are you ready for this?, [b]July 2004![/b]

Is it really possible that Amazon has had this on their site since July 2004?????? I'M SHOCKED!

Posted at 9:17PM on Jan 3rd 2007 by Jennifer

3. I had noticed the comments, but I hadn't noticed the dates. Good eyes, Jennifer. 2004?!

Posted at 9:18PM on Jan 3rd 2007 by Willy

4. We did it! Overwhelmed by the negative response from all of us (and many others), Amazon.com has apparently taken the product off its lists! Great job guys :-)! Thanks to everybody who took a sec to write and fight!

Posted at 3:37AM on Jan 4th 2007 by Andrea Ferrari

5. There's now another shark fin soup product for sale on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/14-1-SHARKFIN-SOUP-CRAB-MEAT/dp/B00019FVV8/sr=1-1/qid=1167906441/ref=sr_1_1/102-4619657-0126536?ie=UTF8&s=gourmet-food

Also has "reviews" dating back to 2004.

Posted at 10:51AM on Jan 4th 2007 by Jennifer

6. Aren't we missing something here? Sharks are fish, and are regularly consumed my many people. Are all you bloggers giving up fish? Or -- are you concerned about the practice of "finning" - the cutting off of the shark's fins, and releasing or throwing away the remainder? If that is so, please make it clear, because none of the entries has made that clear. If this is in fact a practice, then I am on the side of the abolitionists. But let's state what is going on, before we vent our spleen.

Posted at 9:08AM on Mar 1st 2007 by Chris Malone

7. So I'm having a wedding-related dinner at a fabulous Chinese restaurant. One of my selections is a shark fin soup with scallops. Recently my conscience has been filled with images of finless sharks adrift at the bottom of the ocean. I've since decided that my curiousity and desire to impress are (vain) high prices that these sharks would have to pay. Of all the people I've contacted, no one knows for sure if they use "real" shark fins. I'm not willing to take the chance; to contribute to the practice of removing the fins from the sharks and tossing the remainder into the sea. I'm happy to announce that we'll be having Chicken and Shiitake Mushroom soup. I don't like sharks - they scare me - but they serve a vital function. No animal should be treated in this manner, no matter how much the public fears/loathes them.

Posted at 10:49PM on Dec 29th 2007 by erica