{"id":1955369,"date":"2023-06-23T14:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T18:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brazil-seizes-record-number-of-illegal-shark-fins\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T14:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T18:37:15","slug":"brazil-seizes-record-number-of-illegal-shark-fins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brazil-seizes-record-number-of-illegal-shark-fins\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazil confiscates unprecedented amount of illegal shark fins."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrazil-seizes-record-number-of-illegal-shark-fins%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1955369&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Jeff J Mitchell\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>11:22 AM \u2013 Friday, June 23, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian authorities reported that they have seized almost 29 metric tons of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brazil-seizes-record-number-of-illegal-shark-fins\/\" title=\"Brazil confiscates unprecedented amount of illegal shark fins.\">illegally obtained shark fins<\/a> on Monday, which were meant to be exported to Asia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO:  Massive shark fin haul seized on its way to Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Images released by the Brazilian Institute for Environment and Renewable Natural Resources show illegal shark fins confiscated in southern Brazil and headed to Asia. Brazilian authorities consider the seizure, totalling\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s29D4hsIGr\">pic.twitter.com\/s29D4hsIGr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AFP News Agency (@AFP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFP\/status\/1671343174827249664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Ibama, Brazil\u2019s environmental protection agency said that the number of fins was the largest confiscation of its kind, and that it represented the death of around 10,000 sharks of two species, the blue and the shortfin mako shark. The shortfin mako shark had been placed on Brazil\u2019s national list of endangered species in May.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThese apprehensions on an integrated basis represent the largest recorded in the world,\u201d the agency said. \u201cEspecially considering it is a seizure at the source where the sharks are caught.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The seizure was part of the Brazilian government\u2019s Operation Makaira, which targeted the illegal fishing in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The agency\u2019s head of environmental protection Jair Schmitt said that the operation that had seized the fins had targeted two different companies, however, multiple other companies are still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>One of the companies is an exporting company in the southern state of Santa Catarina, which was responsible for 27.6 metric tons of fins. The other 1.1 tons were seized from the second company at the S\u00e3o Paulo International Airport.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThis practice is already recurrent in Brazil. We had some years ago the finding of about seven or eight metric tons of shark, seized in Par\u00e1 state, with a similar method of finning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Finning refers to the method of cutting off the fins from the sharks and then throwing the rest of the animal back into the ocean.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIbama has been monitoring the trade and export of shark fins and we identified the volume, the large amount of these fins being sold, mainly to Asia,\u201d Schmitt added. \u201cIn Brazil, there is practically no consumption of this type of product. As a result of this large trade alert, we began to investigate and verify the origin, which companies were trading and where these companies were acquiring the vessels. We did the entire reverse chain of production, where it was possible to verify the irregularities practiced.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The alleged shark fishermen had also caused the death of thousands of seabirds according to Ibama due to the fact that they had not followed the mandatory safety measures which are in place to prevent their capture.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIn addition to fishing for sharks, which is prohibited, this illegal practice also causes the death of several seabirds, including some endangered species,\u201d Schmitt added. \u201cSo, environmental damage is not only related to sharks, but also to marine fauna.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sea Shepherd Brazil, a marine conservation organization had urged the Brazilian government to ban the shark fin trade and shark meat imports into the country.<\/p>\n<p>Operation Makaira was meant to show that one of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva\u2019s priorities is protecting the environment and indigenous species around Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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