Ecuadoran Police Confiscate 2 Tonnes Of Shark Fins
August 4, 2007 @ 09:25 AM (EST)
Source: cnews.canoe.ca
Police have seized about two tonnes of shark fins illegally fished in the days before a widely criticized presidential decree allowing the sale of fins if the sharks - some of them threatened species - are caught accidentally.
Police discovered hundreds of fins, which are considered a delicacy in Asia, in fishermen's homes in the Pacific port of Manta.
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