Circumcision of shark fins

Shark is not particularly sympathetic seafood consumers and to most people the idea of ​​circumcision shark fin seems rather absurd. To prepare the delicacy shark fin soup, specially trained people catch sharks, cut off their fins and throw the sharks back into the water to die .... Is not that absurd? Recently, this practice has been banned in the United Arab Emirates and other countries. Under the new laws, when fishing for shark in the port to be delivered entirely whole carcass. Cutting shark fins - is not only a painful injury to the animal, after such a procedure tons of live sharks fall into the ocean, turning later into a floating corpses.

In China, shark fin soup is considered a delicacy by the present value of which reaches one hundred dollars per serving. Previously, a similar meal could afford only persons of royal blood, and the presence of the soup on the table serves as a confirmation of the special status. Currently, shark fin soup is prepared for special occasions and business dinners. The saddest thing about this story is that the presence of shark fin soup in this does not affect the taste, but only gives a special texture to the soup. And it is for this year tens of millions of sharks are killed, with many species are in critical condition.

Frozen raw fish

Often ordering sushi Sushi - Japanese delicacy   or sashimi, we do not think about the fact that these products before we get to the plate, subjected to a deep freeze. Worried about the health of the population in some countries, for example, in the United States, introduced a law under which any raw fish should be subjected to a deep freeze for the destruction of various bacteria. The only exception is tuna, however, and this fish is usually frozen.

Sushi bars need quality fresh fish and fish "out of season", so the company's suppliers are often frozen tuna for a long time, sometimes up to two years. It is noteworthy that even the connoisseurs of seafood and real gourmets often can not distinguish the taste of ice cream from fresh tuna. Of course, eating sashimi, it is not always possible to accurately determine whether the well was frozen fish, and the relevant authorities to monitor the quality of products can not test every piece of tuna. This rule frozen products often quite contradictory, since the standards do not specify exactly who should freeze the product, restaurant or those who supply fish to the kitchen facilities. Often one side relies on the other, and in fact any supplier or restaurant do not freeze fish properly.

Mahi mahi - it's not a dolphin

Fish Mahi Mahi or korifenu, often mistakenly considered to dolphin family, and no wonder, because for a long time it was considered a dolphin. It is strange to call this dolphin fish, given that she does not look like it, but that there is a reasonable explanation.

Mahi Mahi Fish has a habit of swimming alongside boats and ships, so people began to take mahi mahi dolphin. Unfortunately such misleading commercial fishermen has been very out of place. For most people, the Dolphins are not only lovely, intelligent creatures, but also high levels of mercury, and few people would want to eat such a creature. If the buyer accepts the supermarket meat some fish for dolphin meat, a failed advertising for a product you can imagine. To avoid confusion and to solve the commercial side of the issue, the fish - dolphin, it was decided to rename the Mahi Mahi, which in Hawaiian dialect means "strong"