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The German Discounter Lidl offers
shark for dumping prices: 880 gram of shark steaks cost 4.49 Euro. The new fact:
Shark is sold as a shark - and not under an illusory name.
So far you could buy shark meat in Germany only under fantasy names and in very
small quantities. In addition count designations such as smoked rock salmon,
smoked dogfish or imitation crab meat (Surimi).
To offer shark meat price-aggressively and offensively now under its real name
the shark protection organization Sharkproject sees the raid of the German Discounters
as an answer to the shortage of food fish due to the overfishing of the oceans.
"Shark meat is to be made presentable", so the organization in a press
statement. The organization fears that the Lidl action can change the demand
on the German market lastingly and advance the extermination of the sharks further.
Lidl starts a new dimension of the shark destruction with its
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shark offer. Approximately
150'000 blue sharks are necessary to cover the need of the 2'500 branches for
one week.
World-wide between 100 to 200 million sharks are annually killed. In the first
place the cause is the Finning which concerns only the fins of the animals.
In the meantime Finning is followed by the increasing meat marketing. This is
a relatively recent development since shark meat is usually judged as inferior
and still very inexpensive offered in the wholesale.
Also the diving pioneer Professor Dr. Hans Hass sent a personal letter to the
owner of the Lidl Company asking him for the future renunciation of shark products.
Professor Dr. Hans Hass wrote literally: "I appeal hereby to you as a responsible
entrepreneur. Due to your position you can decide to make the sharks to "fair
game" and offensively contribute to the extermination of the sharks or
you can decide to do without the sales of shark products in the future."
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