Scuba diver helps get shark fin soup off menu

Scuba-diving enthusiast Carl Robbins noticed the menu in an advertising flyer from Barona Valley Ranch Resort & Casino.

Among the offerings was shark fin soup, the controversial Asian delicacy that relies on the fins of sharks, some of which are finned and released in a mutilated state back into the sea. The practice is being blamed for a decrease in shark populations around the world.

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by Dwight Rousu - Jan. 11, 2009

The story tells of concerned citizen action to promote better environmental protection of the ocean ecosystem, and the favorable response of native americans.

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