More on Shark Finning: 70 million

It is difficult to nail down the exact number of sharks killed every year for their fins and accidentally as 'bycatch', but studies estimate somewhere between 30 and 100 million--70 million being a reasonably firm estimate. Much of the killing is done illegally or never comes aboard the fishing vessel. One participant in the SBflix contest made an excellent short film about the plight of sharks globally and aptly called it: 70 million. Watch it here.