Shark Finning

One of the controversies that almost started up immediately was that The Shark Con was in favor of the finning of live sharks. It took us by surprise at first, as we tried to understand where these statements were coming from. Not more than a day or two after the first trailer was released did blogs start popping up saying we supported shark finning. As always, where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and the rumors began flying.

All that we could come up with that would justify where these comments were coming from stemmed from a half a second shot in the first trailer. At approximately 1:48-1:49 in the trailer there is a shot of a shark being thrown overboard. At a glance it could look like a finned shark. But if you look closely you’ll see that that particular shark has all of its fins intact. This boat was right next to shore and they were unloading their days catch and getting them ready for transport.

The issue here isn’t if you are for or against shark fishing. The issue lies in the fact that we do not support the finning of live sharks and neither did any of the people we interviewed.

This film isn’t anti-conservation, it’s pro truth.