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Podcast: Mongabay Newscast
Episode: Finned: A tale of illegal fishing and the fate of Pacific sharks
Description: Host Mike G. speaks with Mongabay reporters whose new investigations reveal a major and illegal shark finning operation by one of China's largest fishing fleets, and the role of a giant Japanese company, Mitsubishi, in buying that fleet's products. Through an exhaustive interview process with deckhands who worked throughout the company's fleet, Mongabay's Phil Jacobson and Basten Gokkon revealed that Dalian Ocean Fishing's massive operation deliberately used banned gear to target sharks across a huge swath of the western Pacific Ocean. The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission is currently meeting to discuss policies that...