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A blue shark is ( Prionace glauca ) is pulled from the deep waters in the Mozambique Channel, onboard a Japanese longliner, Fukuseki Maru No 07, 13th September 2012. The unregulated plunder of the Indian Ocean is a crisis Greenpeace is exploring. Greenpeace's ship, the Rainbow Warrior, is on a mission in the Indian Ocean to expose overfishing and to highlight the problems associated with excessive tuna fishing, unsustainable or illegal fishing practices, the lack of law enforcement, and the need for countries to cooperate and ensure that communities benefit from the wealth of their oceans in future. From 7 to 23 of September the Rainbow Warrior is sailing in Mozambican waters with fisheries enforcement officials on board in order to carry out joint surveillance and expose cases of illegal fishery. Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Over 100 million sharks are killed each year for the fin trade. Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the biggest consumers of shark fin globally. Indonesia is the biggest exported of shark fins annually. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images

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A blue shark is ( Prionace glauca ) is pulled from the deep waters in the Mozambique Channel, onboard a Japanese longliner, Fukuseki Maru No 07, 13th September 2012. The unregulated plunder of the Indian Ocean is a crisis Greenpeace is exploring. Greenpeace's ship, the Rainbow Warrior, is on a mission in the Indian Ocean to expose overfishing and to highlight the problems associated with excessive tuna fishing, unsustainable or illegal fishing practices, the lack of law enforcement, and the need for countries to cooperate and ensure that communities benefit from the wealth of their oceans in future. From 7 to 23 of September the Rainbow Warrior is sailing in Mozambican waters with fisheries enforcement officials on board in order to carry out joint surveillance and expose cases of illegal fishery. Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Over 100 million sharks are killed each year for the fin trade. Hong Kong, Singapore and China are the biggest consumers of shark fin globally. Indonesia is the biggest exported of shark fins annually. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images