If you’re in Los Angeles and the mood strikes, you can order shark fin soup from China Gate Restaurant for home delivery for $16.95. But that would be against state law. California is one of 12 ...

I still remember the last time I ate shark’s fin, in a grand, now-defunct Monterey Park seafood palace, more than 15 years ago. This restaurant had been proud of its pricey shark’s-fin ...

The Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act, if passed, would ban the purchase and sale of shark fins in the United States Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

The U.S. is set to ban the buying and selling of shark fins, a lucrative ingredient prized in some cuisines but that is tied to a practice condemned by wildlife advocates as cruel and unethical.

Many shark fins used in a traditional Asian delicacy come from the coastal waters of just a handful of countries. The finding upends conventional notions—and could make this conservation ...