On November 10, 2025, U.S. and Peruvian authorities dismantled a major trafficking operation at Callao port near Lima, seizing approximately 10,000 shark fins weighing 9.3 tons and valued at over ...

A two-decade analysis shows that sustainable shark trade depends on collaborative global governance, improved traceability, and science-based catch limits, led by strong EU regulatory frameworks. The ...

Shark conservation loves big fins and researchers cannot lie (about that). In fact, big shark fins have long been the focus of research and regulations. But a new study has spotlighted an equally ...

Watch out, Jaws — your days are numbered. Money-hungry fishermen and sellers are ignoring international regulations in favor of big profits in the illegal sale of shark fins — and new research led by ...

On Friday, July 26, the state of New York became the eighth U.S. state to ban the sale of shark fins in an effort to protect the world’s sharks. Last May, a bill to ban shark fin trade in Texas died ...

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 ...

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 ...