120kg of dried shark fins, seahorses seized in Tamil Nadu; two held
CHENNAI: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Chennai zone, seized 95 kg of shark fin and 25 kg of sea horse, both ...
Small Sharks, Big Problems: The Unseen Threats In The Shark Fin Market
The international shark fin trade is hitting small coastal species and juvenile sharks harder than previously thought, ...
Animal Welfare Institute4 年
Shark Fin Sellers Foiled in Florida, Texas
US Fish and Wildlife Service officials seized 18 boxes of dried shark fins at PortMiami in late January. The shipment, estimated to be worth up to $1 million, was believed to have originated in South ...
scmp.com2 年
Wildlife summit in Panama could upend Hong Kong’s shark fin trade
The government, major caterers and image-conscious brands have also been keen to bolster their environmentalist credentials by ditching shark fin from banquet menus. But in Hong Kong’s “Dried ...
The Star11 年
Malaysia plays a big role in global trade of sharks, says wildlife network Traffic
It is also a major consumer of shark fin, as well as exporter of shark fins ... said "Malaysia imported 6,896 tonnes of sharks fins (dried, prepared and salted) from 2000-2009, the fourth highest ...