One of the more traditional Chinese dishes, from shark fin soup, may soon remain only text in the cookbook. In Hong Kong, increasing force campaign to ban this dish. Immediately, nine organizations for the protection of nature appealed to the local administration with a call to delete an expensive and prestigious dish from the menu of restaurants. Trade in products of sharks - sverhpribylny business, hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Meanwhile, according to environmentalists worldwide every year are killed for soup 73 million sharks. Thousands more live fish with fins and tails cut off fishermen mercilessly thrown back into the sea where they die. Shark fin soup from the time of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) is a traditional delicacy in China. He gained great popularity in other parts of Asia. But more often it is cooked in Hong Kong. Here it is - an obligatory attribute of wedding feasts and banquets solid. Attendance at the holiday table this expensive food is considered a symbol of prestige, this celebration, a sign of special respect for the guests. Increasing popularity of food also contributed to the opinion of the benefits of the use of shark fins from a medical point of view, although this is no scientific evidence. "Serving shark fin soup from - a long tradition in Hong Kong. And it will be difficult to reverse" - recognized by local activists. However, they have great hopes that the "antiplavnikovuyu" campaign will switch power and by personal example to demonstrate the rejection of delicacy, ITAR-TASS. To ignore the calls of similar dishes have already joined the Chinese Celebrities - basketball player Yao Ming and actor Jackie Chan. This question comes up more than a year. Previously, the public are actively discussing the need to eliminate shark soup, as well as dishes from the snakes at the time of preparation for the 2008 Olympics. "Feeding shark fins to foreign visitors during the Olympics, can seriously damage China's image", - said at the time officials.
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