Published on 26. September 2017 Shark Finning and the Molecular Identification of Shark Species: Review and Perspectives Amaral CRL, Silva DA, Amorim A, de Carvalho EF ABSTRACT: Worshipped and revered in several Indo-Pacific countries, and mostly feared among the western world, sharks are an old group of vertebrates dating back to the Devonian-Silurian boundary (~400Ma).