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Illegal Shark Fishing Seeping Into Great Barrier Reef

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Brisbane Times   |   December 1, 2008 08:42 AM

Read More: Animals, Australia, Great Barrier Reef, Illegal Fishing, Marine Life, Papua New Guinea, Shark Fishing, Green News

MARINE conservationists say the interception of a Papua New Guinea fishing boat laden with four tonnes of "de-finned" sharks in Australian waters shows illegal shark fishing has become a worldwide enterprise and the Great Barrier Reef could be its next target.

On Thursday, Australian Customs authorities escorted an illegal fishing boat to Cairns after it was spotted 6.6 nautical miles east of Ashmore Reef an Australian Nature Reserve west of Darwin.

The boat was first detected by a Customs Coastwatch aircraft last Sunday and was intercepted.

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MARINE conservationists say the interception of a Papua New Guinea fishing boat laden with four tonnes of "de-finned" sharks in Australian waters shows illegal shark fishing has become a worldwide en...
MARINE conservationists say the interception of a Papua New Guinea fishing boat laden with four tonnes of "de-finned" sharks in Australian waters shows illegal shark fishing has become a worldwide en...
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Sharkfinning is cutting off all the shark's fins then dumping the live shark back into the ocean.

The fish cannot swim or float. He lies there and is eaten alive for the many days or weeks it is alive.

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