EU countries account for a third of shark meat exports globally, and shark steaks are increasingly served in restaurants, replacing pricier swordfish steaks, and shark products are also finding their way into lotions and leather sports shoes.

On one recent evening, Mr. Bruyere's specials included an appetizer of shark steak in a coriander and green peppercorn sauce and a main course of roast lamb with apple slices and cider.

And I do so enjoy shark steaks.

Should I be feeling guilty for the shark steak I had a decade or so ago?

They stay in private, or semiprivate rooms equipped with phones and carpeting and dine on donated shark steaks and Haagen-Daz ice cream.

At the same time, the global market for some sharks has exploded, driven by a developing taste for shark steaks and Asia's love of shark-fin soup.

Walking past the Tapas Tree restaurant on St. John's Hill in Battersea he was horrified to see them advertising shark steak on the menu.

Then, to Buckingham's delight, he said that he was reprinting his menus and shark steak would no longer feature.

She feels that I should take my cod and coalfish, garfish and grayling, salmon and sole and even the shark steaks, and install them in the old deep freeze in the garage.

Recently, I came across some beautiful mako shark steaks that inspired me to serve them with a robust green peppercorn sauce, made with brandy, red wine and cream.