Sharks worth more for tourism than in soup: study

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Sharks worth more for tourism than in soup: study

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/sharks-worth-more-tourism-soup-study-004952470.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/el3M5uyKTnvG7tS6woYAtQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-31T004952Z_2_CBRE94T1TN200_RTROPTP_2_PHILIPPINES-WHALESHARKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A scuba diver swims next to a whale shark as it is fed from a feeder boat off the beach of Tan-awan" align="left" title="A scuba diver swims next to a whale shark as it is fed from a feeder boat off the beach of Tan-awan" border="0" /></a>By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) - Sharks swimming free in the oceans may soon become more valuable as tourist attractions than when caught, sliced up and served in soup, a global study showed on Friday. It urged better protection for the fish, from Australia to the Caribbean, to reduce catches of an estimated 38 million a year to meet demand for shark fin soup, mainly in China. &quot;We are hoping that people will recognize that sharks are not only valuable on the plate,&quot; lead author Andres Cisneros-Montemayor of the University of British Columbia in Canada said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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