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The massive and illegal fishing is doing irreversible harm to the ocean’s ecosystem, because sharks are at the top of the food chain. CRISTIANO PACHECO, director of the Environmental Justice Institute in Brazil.
Tuesday, Aug. 03, 2010

Open quoteThe massive and illegal fishing is doing irreversible harm to the ocean's ecosystem, because sharks are at the top of the food chain.Close quote

  • CRISTIANO PACHECO,
  • director of the Environmental Justice Institute in Brazil, which filed a $790 million lawsuit against a seafood exporter that it alleges cut the fins off some 300,000 sharks for use in shark-fin soup in Asia
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