When we think of wildlife trafficking, we might think of rhino horns or baby orangutans sold as pets—but the smuggling of sea ...
Late last year, a Sea Shepherd operative caught some damning video footage: two shipping containers owned by Maersk — the self-described “world’s largest container shipping company” — being offloaded ...
PHNOM PENH – Fin swimming made its fifth appearance at the SEA Games in Cambodia, with the sport contested from Friday to Sunday. Here are some fun facts on the niche sport. Fin swimming is an aquatic ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A woman was sentenced to a month in federal prison for smuggling shark fins, sea horses and sea cucumbers into the United States. Xiao Pingping, 38, pleaded guilty to smuggling ...
The Galapagos Marine Reserve (GMR) is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, and an example of a fishery being drained by China’s insatiable demand for gourmet delicacies. Illegal sea food ...
This crime can be hard to detect. But in a new study, published in the journal Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability, we show how artificial intelligence (AI) can be harnessed as a complimentary detection ...
Hong Kong is the biggest trading hub for shark fins in the world. Although they’ve taken steps to halt illegal trading, conservation group Sea Shepherd recently uncovered a shipment with fins from ...