pelvic fin English

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What does pelvic fin mean?

pelvic fin

— noun either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate

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ventral fin

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Simple sentences

Shark fin soup is very popular in China.

Shark fin soup is commonly served at Chinese weddings and banquets.

News and current affairs

But if you are a blue-fin tuna of the western Atlantic stock, your mood will be decidedly more pessimistic.

In the case of the western Atlantic stock of blue-fin tuna, several countries argued that the existing management body - the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) - is best placed to manage the stock.

Sharks, too, are suffering from rapidly rising demand for shark-fin soup, which is considered a delicacy in many parts of Asia.

In the case of the western Atlantic blue-fin tuna, the ball is now firmly back in ICCAT's court.

Blue-fin tuna is heading for commercial, if not outright, extinction, as are a host of other economically and ecologically important marine species.