Who knew Australians ate shark?

I'd always assumed that shark meat did not taste good, because when the Japanese "fin" a shark, they take its fins and then toss the rest of its body - still alive - back into the ocean, where it sinks to the bottom and drowns, because a shark can't swim without its fins.

But in Australia, they do apparently consume something called "school shark."

There is now a ban in place, to "restore the population."

Fishermen apparently don't understand what the term "restore the population" means. They are upset because they will be losing money and will be driven out of business...butif the school shark disappear because of overfishing, they will never return, and the fishermen will be permanently out of business.

Fishing industry battered by shark quota cut

Australian fishermen expect to lose up to a million dollars, because their school shark quota has been reduced.

Fishing Authority AFMA says the national quota of 240 tonnes needs to be cut by 30 per cent to restore stocks.

Victorian fisherman Russell Frost says that less than 30 years ago, just five boats could account for that much school shark, but now it's shared across four states.

"By the time you take that out of the fish and chip business, that will push the price of flake up to the general public," he says.

"All our fisheries are just getting tighter and tighter and tighter and tighter, and in the end, they're going to push us out the back door, I think."