As part of the Operation Albacore III, Central African authorities seized a Senegalese-flagged, but Spanish-linked, long-line fishing vessel over fishing a large quantity of blue sharks that are classified as ‘near-threatened’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), although the long-liner was licensed to fish for ‘tuna and similar species’.
According to data provided by Sea Shepherd, on 22 September, local authorities from the Central African island state of São Tomé and...
https://safety4sea.com/vessel-busted-in-africa-for-shark-finning-under-the-guise-of-tuna-license/