The release says the company imported a shipment of 22 bags of processed shark fins in September 2017, which were declared as fish bone.
The Canada Border Services Agency noted that the shipment contained wildlife products and forwarded it to enforcement officials. The department said DNA testing later determined that some of the fins belonged to the endangered oceanic whitetip shark and no import permit had been obtained. The government says the fine will be directed to Canada’s environmental damages fund, which supports projects that benefit the environment.
It says there are 400 shark species around the world and many populations are threatened, largely due to unsustainable fishing practices and the high demand of the international fin trade.
Located at Gore and Pender in Vancouver
Unethical!!
Is it culturally inappropriate to say the origin of this so called herbal company!!
The fine is so cheap…seems like the cost of just one extravagant reception where they’ll serve the sharks fin soup…the company will probably just change its name and continue its practice
Stuff like this should be minimum 100k fine and a second time the business should be shut down.