Indonesia's secret shark-killing industry uncovered by surprise fish market visit

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The ABC was invited to inspect a Java fish market, where hardly any shark carcasses were for sale. Here's what happened when we returned the next day unannounced.

There were only a few sharks for sale on the day the ABC was invited to the fish market in the north Javanese city of Indramayu.The government has imposed export bans on some threatened species"No-one breaks the rules here … when [the fishermen] catch sharks in their nets, they release them back to their habitats, if the sharks are still alive," said the chief of the local fisheries cooperative, Darto.

However, the following day the ABC turned up unannounced and found evidence of a thriving shark industry, with workers cutting off hundreds of shark fins right there on the dock. Walking over a carpet of shark carcasses, the auctioneer barked numbers rapid-fire into a megaphone, as a small pack of buyers crowded around him.

 

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