BSAC divers start to get Hacked Off! with shark fin soup

Published 12 years agoon February 28, 2014

BSAC marine partner Bite-Back has reported an increase in its Facebook and Twitter supporters since the news that BSAC is supporting its Hacked Off! campaign was announced.

BSAC is encouraging its divers and snorkellers to get involved in Bite-Back’s bid to make the UK the first country to go ‘shark fin soup free’ by writing to local restaurants who serve the dish to drop it from their menu.

So far Bite-Back has encouraged more than 20 restaurants to stop serving the soup, but there is still a lot of work to do. With the support of BSAC and its members, the marine conservation charity is confident that it will achieve its aim.

Just one month in to the partnership, and Bite-back founder Graham Buckingham said the feedback from BSAC divers has been encouraging.

“Those we met at the recent London International Dive Show were clearly shocked at the number of UK restaurants serving shark fin soup and wanted to know more about helping end the trade – which is exactly the response we wanted. At the same time the number of Bite-Back Facebook and twitter supporters has jumped considerably which is a wonderful boost to communicating our campaign message across the country. Everything points at the start of a great relationship.”

GET INVOLVED:

You can help Bite-Back and BSAC to make the UK shark fin soup free in four simple ways:

1. Visit YouTube and watch Bite-Back’s award-nominated 45 second commercial ‘Fin – Help End the Horror’ and share it with your friends

2. If you are a Facebook user, please like Bite-Back. You can also download the Hacked Off! logo and make it your profile picture

3. Check out the Hacked Off! restaurant map and if there is a local restaurant that you know is serving shark fin soup but isn’t yet on the map, let Bite-Back know

4. If there are restaurants near to you that are listed on the Hacked Off! map, download the celebrity-signed letter and send to the restaurants concerned. Even better, get your whole club involved and ask each member to send a letter.

For full details on the Hacked Off! campaign, click here.