Brazil Makes Record Seizure of Illegal Shark Fins.
Brazilian authorities have seized 28.7 metric tonnes of illegally obtained shark fins, representing the death of some 10,000 sharks of two different species, the blue shark and the shortfin mako shark, which entered Brazil's national list of endangered species last month. The consignment is the world's largest confiscation of its kind at the origin. Shark fishing is illegal in Brazil, but the boats were using permits to catch other fish species.