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Photo Gallery: Overfishing

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Fins of thresher sharks are cut off and collected on the shores of San Marcos Island, Mexico. Shark fin is used, primarily in Asia, to make shark fin soup—a delicacy widely consumed in China since at least the start of the Sung dynasty in 960 A.D. As incomes increase in Asia, the demand for shark fin grows. Photograph by Brian Skerry