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  • Ministry of Fisheries personal display confiscated manta ray gills at their offices in Negara, Jembrana, Bali. Photo: Paul Hilton for WCS
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  • Ministry of Fisheries personal display confiscated manta ray gills at their offices in Negara, Jembrana, Bali. Photo: Paul Hilton for WCS
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  • Ministry of Fisheries personal display confiscated manta ray gills at their offices in Negara, Jembrana, Bali. Photo: Paul Hilton for WCS
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  • Large manta rays are lined up at a fish market in Indonesia. Growing demand for products from the manta ray and its close cousins, the mobula or devil ray, (collectively mobulid rays) along with decreased fishery income due to the wide scale depletion of regional shark populations, has transformed small-scale subsistence mobulid ray fisheries into global commercial export businesses. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Ministry of Fisheries personal display confiscated manta ray gills at their offices in Negara, Jembrana, Bali. Photo: Paul Hilton for WCS
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  • Large manta rays are lined up at a fish market in Indonesia. Growing demand for products from the manta ray and its close cousins, the mobula or devil ray, (collectively mobulid rays) along with decreased fishery income due to the wide scale depletion of regional shark populations, has transformed small-scale subsistence mobulid ray fisheries into global commercial export businesses. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Large manta rays are lined up at a fish market in Indonesia. Growing demand for products from the manta ray and its close cousins, the mobula or devil ray, (collectively mobulid rays) along with decreased fishery income due to the wide scale depletion of regional shark populations, has transformed small-scale subsistence mobulid ray fisheries into global commercial export businesses. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Large manta rays are lined up at a fish market in Indonesia. Growing demand for products from the manta ray and its close cousins, the mobula or devil ray, (collectively mobulid rays) along with decreased fishery income due to the wide scale depletion of regional shark populations, has transformed small-scale subsistence mobulid ray fisheries into global commercial export businesses. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Large manta rays are lined up at a fish market in Indonesia. Growing demand for products from the manta ray and its close cousins, the mobula or devil ray, (collectively mobulid rays) along with decreased fishery income due to the wide scale depletion of regional shark populations, has transformed small-scale subsistence mobulid ray fisheries into global commercial export businesses. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A traditional Chinese medicine shop sells manta ray gill plates. Demand for gill rakers is the largest driver for manta and mobula ray fisheries. Anecdotes gathered through investigations and literature searches suggest that gill rakers, which consist of thin filaments that manta and mobula rays use to filter food from the water column, can treat health issues ranging from chicken pox to cancer. Some practitioners claim that gill rakers, known in China as “Peng Yu Sai,” boost the immune system and help purify the body by reducing toxins and fever and enhancing blood circulation. Others claim that gill rakers will remedy throat and skin ailments, male kidney issues, and help couples with fertility problems. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A traditional Chinese medicine shop sells manta ray gill plates. Demand for gill rakers is the largest driver for manta and mobula ray fisheries. Anecdotes gathered through investigations and literature searches suggest that gill rakers, which consist of thin filaments that manta and mobula rays use to filter food from the water column, can treat health issues ranging from chicken pox to cancer. Some practitioners claim that gill rakers, known in China as “Peng Yu Sai,” boost the immune system and help purify the body by reducing toxins and fever and enhancing blood circulation. Others claim that gill rakers will remedy throat and skin ailments, male kidney issues, and help couples with fertility problems. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A traditional Chinese medicine shop sells manta ray gill plates. Demand for gill rakers is the largest driver for manta and mobula ray fisheries. Anecdotes gathered through investigations and literature searches suggest that gill rakers, which consist of thin filaments that manta and mobula rays use to filter food from the water column, can treat health issues ranging from chicken pox to cancer. Some practitioners claim that gill rakers, known in China as “Peng Yu Sai,” boost the immune system and help purify the body by reducing toxins and fever and enhancing blood circulation. Others claim that gill rakers will remedy throat and skin ailments, male kidney issues, and help couples with fertility problems. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Gill plates, drying in Sri Lanka. Once the gills are dried and packaged. They’ll be exported to Hong Kong and China, for the Traditional Chinese Medicine market. Demand for gill rakers is the largest driver for manta and mobula ray fisheries. Anecdotes gathered through investigations and literature searches suggest that gill rakers, which consist of thin filaments that manta and mobula rays use to filter food from the water column, can treat health issues ranging from chicken pox to cancer. Some practitioners claim that gill rakers, known in China as “Peng Yu Sai,” boost the immune system and help purify the body by reducing toxins and fever and enhancing blood circulation. Others claim that gill rakers will remedy throat and skin ailments, male kidney issues, and help couples with fertility problems. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Gill plates, drying in Sri Lanka. Once the gills are dried and packaged. They’ll be exported to Hong Kong and China, for the Traditional Chinese Medicine market. Demand for gill rakers is the largest driver for manta and mobula ray fisheries. Anecdotes gathered through investigations and literature searches suggest that gill rakers, which consist of thin filaments that manta and mobula rays use to filter food from the water column, can treat health issues ranging from chicken pox to cancer. Some practitioners claim that gill rakers, known in China as “Peng Yu Sai,” boost the immune system and help purify the body by reducing toxins and fever and enhancing blood circulation. Others claim that gill rakers will remedy throat and skin ailments, male kidney issues, and help couples with fertility problems. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A traditional Chinese medicine shop sells manta ray gill plates. Demand for gill rakers is the largest driver for manta and mobula ray fisheries. Anecdotes gathered through investigations and literature searches suggest that gill rakers, which consist of thin filaments that manta and mobula rays use to filter food from the water column, can treat health issues ranging from chicken pox to cancer. Some practitioners claim that gill rakers, known in China as “Peng Yu Sai,” boost the immune system and help purify the body by reducing toxins and fever and enhancing blood circulation. Others claim that gill rakers will remedy throat and skin ailments, male kidney issues, and help couples with fertility problems. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Gill plates, drying in Sri Lanka. Once the gills are dried and packaged. They’ll be exported to Hong Kong and China, for the Traditional Chinese Medicine market. Demand for gill rakers is the largest driver for manta and mobula ray fisheries. Anecdotes gathered through investigations and literature searches suggest that gill rakers, which consist of thin filaments that manta and mobula rays use to filter food from the water column, can treat health issues ranging from chicken pox to cancer. Some practitioners claim that gill rakers, known in China as “Peng Yu Sai,” boost the immune system and help purify the body by reducing toxins and fever and enhancing blood circulation. Others claim that gill rakers will remedy throat and skin ailments, male kidney issues, and help couples with fertility problems. Photo: Paul Hilton / 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
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  • Shark fins dry onboard the Japanese longliner, Fukuseki Maru No 27, 13th September 2012. Mozambique Channel.  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
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  • Crew from the spanish longliner, Hermanos Labaen A Guarda pulls in a silky shark ( Carcharhinus falciformis )  in the Mozambique channel, 21st 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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  • Crew from the spanish longliner, Hermanos Labaen A Guarda pulls in a yellow fin tuna ( Thunnus albacares ) in the Mozambique channel, 21st 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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  • Members of the Mozambican fishereies enforcement inspect  the Japanese longliner, Fukuseki Maru No 27, for shark fin, 13th September 2012. Fishing vessels that have the rights to fish in the Mozambican water are required to not have on board fins that total more than 5% of the weight of sharks onboard. Also all species of ( Family Alopiidae ) thresher sharks are prohibited to brought onboard.    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
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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
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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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  • Longline hooks onbaord the Japanese longliner, Fukuseki Maru No 27, 13th September 2012. The Greenpeace's ship, 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 7th to 23rd 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
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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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  • Crew from the spanish longliner, Hermanos Labaen A Guarda pulls in a silky shark ( Carcharhinus falciformis )  in the Mozambique channel, 21st 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 ) fins are cut and sorted , onboard a Japanese longliner, Fukuseki Maru No 27, 13th September 2012. Mozambique Channel.  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 crew memebr from the spanish longliner, Hermanos Labaen A Guarda pulls in a silky shark ( Carcharhinus falciformis )  in the Mozambique channel, 21st 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 crew memebr from the spanish longliner, Hermanos Labaen A Guarda pulls in a silky shark ( Carcharhinus falciformis )  in the Mozambique channel, 21st 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
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  • Longline hooks onbaord the Japanese longliner, Fukuseki Maru No 27, 13th September 2012. The Greenpeace's ship, 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 7th to 23rd 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
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  • Members of the Mozambican fishereies inspect the catch onboard the Japanese longliner, Fukuseki Maru No 27, 13th September 2012. Fishing vessels that have the rights to fish in the Mozambican water are required to not have on board fins that total more than 5% of the weight of sharks onboard. Also all species of ( Family Alopiidae ) thresher sharks are prohibited to brought onboard.    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
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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
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  • An Indonesian crew members display dried shark fins 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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  • An Indonesian crew members display dried shark fins 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 ( Prionace glauca ) is processed and pups spill out on deck before it's finned 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
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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
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  • A crew member prepares to release juvenile blue sharks on board  the Japanese longliner, Fukuseki Maru No 27, 13th September 2012. Fishing vessels that have the rights to fish in the Mozambican water are required to not have on board fins that total more than 5% of the weight of sharks onboard. Also all species of ( Family Alopiidae ) thresher sharks are prohibited to brought onboard.    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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  • Indonesian crew onboard Japanese longliner, Fukuseki Maru No 07 prepare to start pulling line, as shark fins dry in the afternoon sun, 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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  • Members of the Mozambican fishereies enforcement inspect  the Japanese longliner, Fukuseki Maru No 27, for shark fin, 13th September 2012. Fishing vessels that have the rights to fish in the Mozambican water are required to not have on board fins that total more than 5% of the weight of sharks onboard. Also all species of ( Family Alopiidae ) thresher sharks are prohibited to brought onboard.    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
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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
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  • Crew from the spanish longliner, Hermanos Labaen A Guarda pulls in a silky shark (   in the Mozambique channel, 21st 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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  • An Indonesian crew member checks the dried shark fins onboard a Japanese longliner, Fukuseki Maru No 27, 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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  • Shark fins found in the freezer of the Shuen De Ching No.888. In total there were sacks containing 75 kilograms of shark fins from at least 42 sharks. Under Taiwanese law and Pacific fishing rules, shark fins may not exceed 5% of the weight of the shark catch, and with only three shark carcasses reported in the log book, the vessel was in clear violation of both. The Rainbow Warrior travels in the Pacific to expose out of control tuna fisheries. Tuna fishing has been linked to shark finning, overfishing and human rights abuses. 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 scalloped hammerhead shark ( Sphyrne lewini ) is thrown overboard from a Taiwanese longliner, Sing Man Yi,  No 6, in the Pacific ocean, 23th August 2015.  The Rainbow Warrior travels to Pacific to expose out of control tuna fisheries. Tuna fishing has been linked to shark finning, overfishing and human rights abuses. 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 scalloped hammerhead shark ( Sphyrne lewini ) is thrown overboard from a Taiwanese longliner, Sing Man Yi,  No 6, in the Pacific ocean, 23th August 2015.  The Rainbow Warrior travels to Pacific to expose out of control tuna fisheries. Tuna fishing has been linked to shark finning, overfishing and human rights abuses. 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 scalloped hammerhead shark ( Sphyrne lewini ) is thrown overboard from a Taiwanese longliner, Sing Man Yi,  No 6, in the Pacific ocean, 23th August 2015.  The Rainbow Warrior travels to Pacific to expose out of control tuna fisheries. Tuna fishing has been linked to shark finning, overfishing and human rights abuses. 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 scalloped hammerhead shark ( Sphyrne lewini ) is thrown overboard from a Taiwanese longliner, Sing Man Yi,  No 6, in the Pacific ocean, 23th August 2015.  The Rainbow Warrior travels to Pacific to expose out of control tuna fisheries. Tuna fishing has been linked to shark finning, overfishing and human rights abuses. 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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  • Shark fins found in the freezer of the Shuen De Ching No.888. In total there were sacks containing 75 kilograms of shark fins from at least 42 sharks. Under Taiwanese law and Pacific fishing rules, shark fins may not exceed 5% of the weight of the shark catch, and with only three shark carcasses reported in the log book, the vessel was in clear violation of both. The Rainbow Warrior travels in the Pacific to expose out of control tuna fisheries. Tuna fishing has been linked to shark finning, overfishing and human rights abuses. 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 yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) breaks the surface of the Pacific Ocean, September 4, 2015. The Rainbow Warrior travels in the Pacific to expose out of control tuna fisheries. Tuna fishing has been linked to shark finning, overfishing and human rights abuses. Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Shawn Heinrichs / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Shawn Heinrichs / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Shawn Heinrichs / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Shawn Heinrichs / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Paul Hilton  / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray is pulled up along side of a boat after it's been speared for it's gills and meat in Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images.
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A mobula ray is off loaded at a fish market in Sri Lanka. Manta and mobula rays are still landed in Sri Lanka to supply the gill plate trade in China. The meat is consumed locally, the gills are then dried and exported to Hong Kong and China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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