my four year old niece watched a documentary on the finning of sharks, and now she is vehemently against the eating of sharksfin, and has, i heard, got into a furious row with her father because she could not extract a promise from her family to unite in a sharksfin boycott. i approve of course, for i had given the stuff up myself four years ago, and am always trying to persuade my parents not to. sharks are fast becoming extinct, and anyway, finning is totally barbaric. still, i can't help being very glad that i renounced sharksfin after enjoying it for 19 years, whereas the poor child will never know how delicious it tastes.