Food Network Stops Using Shark Meat.

The Food Network has formally agreed to stop cooking with and promoting the use of shark meat.

Over 73 million sharks are caught and killed every year. Over fishing of sharks and their prey has led to a population decline of over 90% of all the world’s sharks in the last few years. Seemingly unaware of the damage their cooking is causing the planet, The Food Network and the Cooking Channel have been promoting the use of shark meat for years.

Change.org launched a petition earlier this month aimed at getting the network to stop encouraging people to use the threatened species. After only 10 days, the petition had 30,000 signatures from angry views and the Food Network decided to do the right thing. The channel issued a statement on their decision saying:

“we will make sure that future content does not highlight shark as an ingredient. We understand there are many species with sustainability concerns, and we make efforts to stay informed and pass that information on to our audience.”

Even though the wording is a little loose, at least we have this much to hold against them if they ever do “highlight” shark meat as an ingredient again.

Not eating sharks is just one little thing you can do to save the species. Not eating fish at all is an even better.