Tag: shark finning

Sharks at Isla Guadalupe

By Nautilus Staff on September 17th, 2013 in Archive

There have being reported 11 different species of sharks at Isla Guadalupe, According to the UN data, in 2009 there were captured in legal fishing operations 720,000 tons of sharks, whereas illegal poaching of sharks for finning captured 1.7 millions of tons equivalent to 38 million of sharks. This is one of the reasons why […]

Tags Great White Shark, Guadalupe Island, shark finning

Shark Fin Soup??

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro
Post date 2007-12-16

By Nautilus Staff on December 16th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

Since the discovery of an illegal fishing net draped across a reef at southwest Benedicto wall, there has been some heated and emotional discussions onboard the Nautilus Explorer regarding the abhorrent practice of shark finning, shark fin soup and the whole issue of illegal fishing – especially in a protected biosphere reserve such as Socorro/Revillagigedos. These are huge issues and there are no easy answers.