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210 SHARK FINS WERE SEIZED IN THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS
El Comercio (October 3, 2003)

The fins were found aboard the cargo ship Virgin of Monserrat, inside a bag. The Galapagos National Park personnel were alerted about this illegal fishing by an anonymous call. The Park Wardens organized a joint operative with the Ecuadorian Navy and boarded the Virgin of Monserrat for an extensive search.
The search for illegal cargo took place at Puerto Ayora, where the previous week, specially trained dogs found 12 pounds of lobsters, whose tail size was less than 15 centimeters which is the minimum size allowed for fishing. The dogs are specially trained to find products of illegal fishing and belong to the Unit of Environmental Protection of the Ecuadorian Police.

Marco Villacís, of the technical department of the Galapagos National Park has said that this is not the first time that illicit fishing products are found aboard cargo ships that bring provisions to the islands; they have found sea cucumbers, shark fins and shark meat.

The ship is detained in the bay of Puerto Baquerizo Moreno at San Cristobal Island, and the responsibility lays on the owner of the vessel, Arvitres S.A. from Guayaquil.
EL COMERCIO January 20, 2004
The Unit of Environmental Protection of the Ecuadorian Police Force seized 580 shark fins on Isabela Island, which were going to be put on board a logistic aircraft of the Air Force. Veronica Espinoza, head of the Galapagos Rural Police informed that the culprits were not detained and fled.


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