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 …
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 …
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 …
