A ruling Monday on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador charged 20 ship crew members with steep fines and prison time for fishing in protected waters, said a report on 88.5 WFDD, Public Radio for the Piedmont in North Carolina, U.S. The ruling comes at a moment when Costa Rican conservationists are seeking global support to prohibit the exportation of a stockpile of tons of hammerhead shark fins that were harvested during a ban on their capture. CREMA, MarViva and other Costa Rican marine conservation groups welcomed the Ecuadoran ruling. The boat used for the fishing foray in Ecuador’s protected waters was the...
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