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According to wildlife conservation much of the trade in sharks' fins is derived from fins cut from living sharks; this process is called **finning**. Because shark meat is worth much less, the finless and often still-living sharks are thrown back into the sea to make room on board the ship for more of the valuable fins. When returned to the ocean, the sharks without fins, because they are unable to move, they either die from suffocation or are consumed by other sharks or animals. Here is a graph showing global increase of shark catching per year.

In New Zealand.
The great white sharks have been given full protection in the waters of New Zealand but it is legal to carry out shark finning on other shark species on the condition that the shark is dead. The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand have launched a campaign to raise awareness of shark finning and a number of foodies have fronted the campaign.

When the fishermen catch the shark they usually cut off the fin and then throw the shark back into the sea where they will bleed to death, but apparently some country's use other parts of the shark for lots of purposes such as medical purposes, food and much more.