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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.
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Lidl
starts a new dimension of the shark destruction
with its 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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