The Shark Fin Hunters
1 year ago

The Shark Fin Hunters

Al Jazeera  

An environmental prosecutor in Peru tries to disrupt the illegal trade of shark fins that’s harming the world’s oceans. Peru has emerged as one of the leading exporters of shark fins, with illegal shipments coming across the porous border with Ecuador. In this documentary, we follow one woman who is fighting back against the illegal trade of shark fins, Evelyn LaMadrid. We also go undercover in New York to investigate the serious allegations that shark fins are illegally shipped to the United States.

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4,000 illegal shark fins seized by customs in The Hague
1 year, 5 months ago

4,000 illegal shark fins seized by customs in The Hague

NL Times  

Illegal shark fins from over 1,000 sharks were intercepted by customs at a postal sorting center in The Hague, according to a statement by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency. These shipments contained 120 kilograms of shortfin mako shark fins and 29 additional fins from the smooth hammerhead shark. The shark fins originated from two shark species that are protected under the …

Feds target US companies caught in lucrative shark fin trade
2 years, 4 months ago

Feds target US companies caught in lucrative shark fin trade

Associated Press  

MIAMI — It’s one of the seafood industry’s most gruesome hunts. “If you’re going out of business because you can no longer sell fins, then what are you actually fishing for?,” said Whitney Webber, a campaign director at Washington-based Oceana, which supports the ban. Prosecutors allege Harrison’s Florida-based Phoenix Fisheries was a “shell company” for individuals based in California, where …

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