Shark "finning"

Shark finning is the process of cutting off the fins of sharks for use in preparing shark fin soup.  Ironically, the fins have no taste, just like the people who cook and eat this stuff.  The fins merely add texture to the soup; any flavor would come from the broth and other ingredients.  The barbarity of finning is appalling. Humans kill approximately 100 million sharks every year for their fins. 

A shark died for this.  Someone will put this in some stupid soup.

Here in Texas in the legislature Senator Juan Hinojosa (D) introduced a bill banning this act in Texas, and the House approved the motion.  Troy Fraser (R) and others successfully took down the bill because they said it would be unfair and an economic hardship for fishermen.
Unfair?  Really?  The only ones treated unfairly are the sharks.
I'm tired of people using "economic hardship" as an excuse to continue desecrating the environment, killing off species and destroying the planet.  Give me a break. 
The bill will not cause hardship to fishermen; what does cause hardship to fishermen is the overfishing of nearly all species of fish, pollution of fisheries (remember BP?), climate change and the destruction of habitats such as reefs and mangroves.

Sharks are beautiful and important animals. To wipe them out for some soup is sad and it is sick. Shame on the Senate.