Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. authorities have assisted the Peruvian government in seizing an estimated 10,000 individual shark fins destined for China — ...

Watch out, Jaws — your days are numbered. Money-hungry fishermen and sellers are ignoring international regulations in favor of big profits in the illegal sale of shark fins — and new research led by ...

Research shows international protections put in place to protect five species of threatened sharks are not being followed. Countries have reported no fishing for the five species of sharks, but DNA ...

A customs officer stands on a humid dock surrounded by crates of dried shark fins, sweat dripping down her neck as she take a small sample for testing. The air smells like salt and diesel, and in the ...

Despite regulations intended to stem the tide of the illegal trade of threatened shark species, international exports continue on a massive scale. In a study published in the journal Science Advances, ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — Specialists with Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium in Sarasota are sounding the alarm. A study revealed widespread illegal shark fin trading, which has been occurring nearly ...

The Brazilian government is reviewing its legal framework for the trade in sharks, including fin exports and management of the fishery for blue sharks (Prionace glauca), the only species allowed to be ...

Oceana’s efforts to stop the practice of shark finning and the trade of fins, which still legally feeds the high demand in many states. Readers expressed dismay following a shark fin soup debacle at ...

U.S. authorities have assisted the Peruvian government in seizing an estimated 10,000 individual shark fins destined for China — one of the largest wildlife trafficking operations in Latin American ...