Cempaka Maritime, Marine and Fisheries: 'Shark processing hub' of China sees business decline

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

“2011 and Beyond” - What you are seeing, and why - Jan 16, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.

They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

(Live Kryon Channelings was given 7 times within the United Nations building.)

Kryon Q&A

Question: Dear Kryon: I live in Spain. I am sorry if I will ask you a question you might have already answered, but the translations of your books are very slow and I might not have gathered all information you have already given. I am quite concerned about abandoned animals. It seems that many people buy animals for their children and as soon as they grow, they set them out somewhere. Recently I had the occasion to see a small kitten in the middle of the street. I did not immediately react, since I could have stopped and taken it, without getting out of the car. So, I went on and at the first occasion I could turn, I went back to see if I could take the kitten, but it was to late, somebody had already killed it. This happened some month ago, but I still feel very sorry for that kitten. I just would like to know, what kind of entity are these animals and how does this fit in our world. Are these entities which choose this kind of life, like we do choose our kind of Human life? I see so many abandoned animals and every time I see one, my heart aches... I would like to know more about them.

Answer: Dear one, indeed the answer has been given, but let us give it again so you all understand. Animals are here on earth for three (3) reasons.

(1) The balance of biological life. . . the circle of energy that is needed for you to exist in what you call "nature."

(2) To be harvested. Yes, it's true. Many exist for your sustenance, and this is appropriate. It is a harmony between Human and animal, and always has. Remember the buffalo that willingly came into the indigenous tribes to be sacrificed when called? These are stories that you should examine again. The inappropriateness of today's culture is how these precious creatures are treated. Did you know that if there was an honoring ceremony at their death, they would nourish you better? Did you know that there is ceremony that could benefit all of humanity in this way. Perhaps it's time you saw it.

(3) To be loved and to love. For many cultures, animals serve as surrogate children, loved and taken care of. It gives Humans a chance to show compassion when they need it, and to have unconditional love when they need it. This is extremely important to many, and provides balance and centering for many.

Do animals know all this? At a basic level, they do. Not in the way you "know," but in a cellular awareness they understand that they are here in service to planet earth. If you honor them in all three instances, then balance will be the result. Your feelings about their treatment is important. Temper your reactions with the spiritual logic of their appropriateness and their service to humanity. Honor them in all three cases.

China calls for peaceful settlement of maritime disputes

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

'Shark processing hub' of China sees business decline

Want China Times, Staff Reporter 2014-03-12

Shark skins are hung out to dry in the yard of a factory in Puqi, Zhejiang
province. (Photo/CNS)

Puqi, a fishing port in eastern China's Zhejiang province, has long been a center for the shark processing industry, but under pressure from foreign animal protection groups the port is seeing a sharp drop in its profits.

Catching sharks as a business dates back to a century ago in Puqi, but it boomed only after 1980 when China's rapid economic growth drove up demand for shark fins, which are considered a delicacy in the country.

Leqing county, where the port is located, has made its name as the base for China's shark processing industry, and the whole of Puqi reeks with the smell of dead shark.

After local residents realized that they could fetch lucrative prices for shark fins, they scrambled to buy sharks from other fishing ports and sell them on, mainly to restaurants in southern and central China.

Whereas much international condemnation of shark fishing focuses on the practice of definning a shark immediately upon capturing it and dumping the fish back into the sea to die, in Puqi the entire shark is used for food.

At shark processing factories in Puqi, shark heads are used to source a valuable gel known for its purported bone-enhancing effect. The liver is used to produce shark liver oil, while the flesh is ground to make small balls for food.

Workers who can process a shark effectively are called shark rippers and earn as much as 300 yuan (US$35.20) per day at the factories in addition to getting kilograms of free shark meat.

At its peak, the port city boasted scores of such factories and produced 90% of the shark products sold in China, generating annual revenue of 400 million yuan (US$65 million).

International animal protection group Wild Life Risk claimed in 2013 however that their covert investigation revealed that among the more than 600 sharks killed in Puqi every year were protected species including the great white. The group also urged residents to stop the cruel killing of sharks by not eating shark fins.

Their campaign successfully sent shark fin prices into a nosedive and dampened business in Puqi. Many processing factories were forced to wind down, and only four still operate today.

The owner of a now defunct factory currently operates a fish stall at a market in the major city of Wenzhou, close to Puqi. He said every business has its life circle and that with the slump in the shark processing business he has turned to another line of work to make a living.