Shark Fin Trade Thriving in Latin America, Despite Promises of Progress
BRAZIL
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26 JUL 2023
On paper, Latin American governments are fighting back against the shark fin trade. In reality, the massacre continues.
All About Illegal Fishing
NEWS
ECUADOR
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27 OCT 2022
Fishing vessels are harvesting smaller marine species in Ecuador as the demand for fishmeal is drawing the attention of illegal fishermen.
ARGENTINA
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12 SEP 2022
The consequences of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing are immediate and enormous across Latin America and the Caribbean.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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3 AUG 2022
Dozens of dead fishermen have been unloaded at Uruguay's Montevideo port. Vessels that dock there have been alleged to engage in abuse at sea.
ARGENTINA
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3 AUG 2022
Floodlights from Chinese fishing boats illuminate the darkness off Argentina’s Atlantic Coast, where the armada harvests tons of squid.
CHILE
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3 AUG 2022
Middlemen in Chile control sales of merluza, a white-fleshed fish for which there is a large appetite.
ECUADOR
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3 AUG 2022
Ecuador is a hotspot for landing massive amounts of shark catch, and the nation is among the world’s biggest exporters of shark fins.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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2 AUG 2022
A Yucatán community has formed a defense group to protect its local lobster population as illegal fishing causes numbers to fall.
COSTA RICA
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27 JUL 2022
The installation of a radar tower on Costa Rica’s Cocos Island heralded a new era for curbing illegal fishing in one of the world’s most biodiverse ocean regions.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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27 JUL 2022
Guyana claims some 42,800 square nautical miles of ocean. Enforcement capabilities extend to just a fraction of the country's waters.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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27 JUL 2022
Jamaican fishers, largely ungoverned, are taking what they can from the country’s waters, while foreign vessels poach lobster and conch.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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27 JUL 2022
When the Chinese fishing fleet was discovered near Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands, its vessels were not all flagged to China. Some flew Panama’s flag.
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
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27 JUL 2022
A black market for fishing licenses is flourishing in Suriname. Fishers from Guyana rent them from boat owners for a few thousand dollars.
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