200,000 shark fins seized in Ecuador

[Judi Lynn]

200,000 shark fins seized in Ecuador

Date May 29, 2015 - 1:13PM



Quito: Police in the Ecuadorian port city of Manta have seized about 200,000 shark fins destined to be illegally exported to Asia, where they would fetch up to $2 million.

Colonel Rommel Tapia, head of the judicial police in Manta, said nine properties were raided and six people were arrested on Thursday, including one of Chinese nationality.

Those arrested face charges of damaging wildlife.

Interior Minister Jose Serrano told the Democracia radio station that authorities in Ecuador had "dealt a major blow to an international network that trafficked shark fins".

The fins are often used to make shark fin soup, a traditional Chinese dish.

More:
http://www.watoday.com.au/world/200000-shark-fins-seized-in-ecuador-20150529-ghc5ha

Environment & Energy:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/112786165

[arcane1]

1. WTF is the deal with all these stupid dishes?

Just the other day it was porpoises dying in nets meant to catch fish-bladder penis remedies.

[newfie11]

2. Good on Ecuador!

Glad they were stopped.

[trusty elf]

3. J*sus fookin' chr*st

That is awful. I wish the Chinese could be pressured into doing something about these ridiculous "traditional" dishes and remedies.