Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. authorities have assisted the Peruvian government in seizing an estimated 10,000 individual shark fins destined for China — ...

Brazilian authorities seized more than 1.5 metric tons of shark fins in Rodelas, Bahia state, on Feb. 12, uncovering what they allege is a Chinese run syndicate. They arrested seven people, including ...

Despite more than a decade of international efforts to curb the trade of threatened shark species, new research led by FIU marine biologist Diego Cardeñosa and Demian Chapman, director of the Shark ...

United States officials said they recently helped Peruvian authorities bust one of the largest wildlife trafficking operations in Latin American history after agents seized nearly 10,000 illegal shark ...

Many of the 100 million sharks killed each year are slaughtered for their fins alone. The fins are used in shark fin soup, a prized delicacy in Asia. California is one of 10 states that have banned ...

MIAMI, Fla. -- Officials have confiscated about $1 million worth of shark fins. The shipment includes roughly 1,400 pounds of the animal products that were hidden in 18 boxes. "An estimated one ...

U.S. authorities have assisted the Peruvian government in seizing an estimated 10,000 individual shark fins destined for China — one of the largest wildlife trafficking operations in Latin American ...