September 23, 2004
9/23 - Busted! Shark finners first to plead guilty under new law
Two crew members of a Japanese flagged fishing vessel in Guam pleaded guilty to shark finning in federal court Thursday. Their guilty pleas made them the first people arrested, charged, and convicted for criminal violations of the Lacey Act with underlying violations of the Shark Finning Prohibition Act in the United States since the shark finning ban was implemented in 2002.
Shark finning in Palau (one of the Finalist photos in our SB Photo
Contest)
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