Taiwanese Investigation Confirms Greenpeace's Claims of Shark Fin Harvesting Ring in Pacific Waters
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Asia News Network] by October 12, 2015
Taiwan's Council of Agriculture (COA) Fisheries Agency confirmed on Friday that a Pingtung-registered fishing boat had violated the shark fin harvesting laws as accused by Greenpeace.
The Shuen De Ching No. 888 vessel, which Greenpeace said had been finning sharks and disposing the carcasses into the sea, returned to Taiwan yesterday with the coast guards escort.
Officials and shark experts boarded the fishing boat to inspect the number and types of catch...
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