DNA Testing Reveals Illegal Trade Of Basking Shark Fins
April 27, 2007 @ 01:59 PM (EST)
Source: Pewoceanscience.org
hark from further population declines, a new study published in the current on-line edition of Animal Conservation reports that the world's second largest fish is still being killed for its high-priced fins.
Scientists from the Guy Harvey Research Institute at Nova Southeastern University and the Pew Institute for Ocean Science at the University of Miami, both in Florida, and from England's Imperial College and Durham University used a novel, streamlined DNA analysis method to document the presence of fins from basking sharks in the Hong Kong and Japanese fin markets, and even in the USA where this species has been completely protected by fishery regulations since 1997...
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