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Japanese companies push shark meat beyond the famous fins

Original: Shark fins are well-known to food lovers, but Japanese companies want to promote other parts of the animal for food and

Japanese companies are working to promote parts of sharks other than the prized fins for food and other uses. Shark fins have long been the best-known shark product among food lovers, but businesses in Japan now hope to develop demand for the rest of the animal, a move with implications for fishing practices and how fully caught sharks are used.

Why now: Interest in reducing waste and sustainability in the shark trade is drawing attention to efforts to find new markets for the whole animal.

JapanThe Japan Times

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