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A new study has that U.S. restaurants are endangered shark to make shark fin soup. The study is from the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University in New York. Researchers at the of soups in 14 American cities. They found 33 species of sharks used by restaurants. The endangered scalloped hammerhead shark was the species found on some .

Shark fin soup is a in Chinese . Many customers will pay to $100 for a of the soup. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says around 73 million sharks are around the world every year to make shark fin soup. The university scientists people about what they be eating. Researcher Dr Demian Chapman analysed the DNA of the different soups. He said: "US consumers of shark fin soup cannot be of what's in their soup. They be eating a species that is in trouble."