29 July 2019



More than 50 tonnes of shark fins worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been exported from  Britain over the past two years, a Greenpeace UK investigation has revealed.

Campaigners are calling on the government to ban these exports which are fuelling the global demand for shark fin soup.

The majority of sharks in European and UK waters are being caught by Spanish vessels, according to the report by the organisation’s investigative journalism unit.

Sharks are being landed in the UK, and their fins are then sent to Spain, one of the world’s biggest shark fin exporters, the campaign group said. From there they are sold on to meet demand – largely in certain Asian countries – where shark fin soup is considered a delicacy.

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