Our shocking new report out today reveals how 24 #shark finning incidents were observed on @MSCecolabel-certified vessels in the Western Central Pacific Ocean.
But those observer reports were ignored, so they got leaked to us instead...
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We also found evidence of @MSCecolabel-certified fishing boats deliberately setting their nets around schools of tuna associated with live whale sharks.
And we received evidence from observers of @MSCecolabel-certified fishing boats deliberately setting their nets around schools of tuna associated with cetaceans including false killer whales. Again, the observer reports were ignored. (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
We certainly didn't expect to receive footage of a HELICOPTER being DUMPED over the side of an @MSCecolabel-certified boat ‘FV Century Pride’ – in contravention of int’l marine pollution laws – but that's what was leaked to us. The Fisheries Observer who shot this video? Ignored.
For more information on the shocking incidents ignored on @MSCecolabel boats in the Western Central Pacific Ocean, please check our extremely detailed report.