so let's so, so when it comes to sustain dependency information and trends, chris is executive on dw travel. you can have it, whatever. did you want your opinion feel free to write your thoughts? and the comments today, many of the world's shark species are in danger of extinction due to over fishing every year. 100000000 of the animals are killed for use and cosmetics animal feed. and this is like shark fin soup in europe. it's big business types are expensive. the goals of the c a marine biologist uses a hidden camera to uncover the truth behind to trade, unsettling science. it's an over expectation of nature, and then at the

it's 4 30 am in vigo. a major phishing port on the spanish atlantic coast is home to one of your largest fish markets. the premises is off limits to the public, but a 100 meters away. our team is fitting marine biologist lucas miller. with a hidden camera ready, ready? the market halls are guarded by an array of fences, surveillance cameras, port police, and security officials. all designed to keep on authorized people out. there law is going to try to sneak in. it's the only way he can document the quantities of shark that are being sold here. bonnie: and i'm positive us and the green and portugal have the world's biggest shocks which includes funding operating in the atlantic and other oceans. the state goes. this is one of the world's biggest chart trade hub. dynamic wisdom sucks that sort of is

a weeds make contact with the local industry insider who wants to remain anonymous . he's scoping out the area to let new customer not know what to watch out for. meanwhile, beulah and reporter, po, niga track which boats have entered the port that's entice you, found these are 3 fishing boats that arrived yesterday and one by dean. by those 2 are what we call long liners on each side. they catch tuna sort fish on sharp. no, of the splittings of hi site. so that means they could well have just unloaded sharks high off because i'm selling certain types of shark is still legal throughout the you. but increasingly politicians and experts are questioning the trade. that's one reason why many and vigo are wary of the media that's i'll see if it's over exploitation of nature to. if we take these fish out of the ocean, well, they end up destroying an entire marine habit times guns and needles. while i run this old sea on sister has been to years researching sharks and their role in

marine ecosystems. he dives with blue sharks, mekaux sharks, and tiger sharks and various parts of the world without a cage to protect him. he studies their behavior and collect data on population and distribution higher, but sharks have been a lifelong passion for me. 100 percent obsession lives at the same time. it's important to keep things in perspective and to be objective the prospect even the have to succession for what a data decide. so because i can't let my personal feelings get in the way when it comes to evaluating an entire industry. and the lots of people here in be go, rely on for their livelihood. and it comes in to see from the mentions young people, the 30 minutes later, our informant is back with house one security. we only have a few hours before the goods are sold and taken away of the camera on.

yeah, i'm ready. ready with sun. so you guys later really wants to find out how many sharks are sold here. we were told that another tv crew found no shocked meat. when they filmed at the market. there was also no significant shock cash on sale during the visit last year, by then e u commission or for environment, oceans and fisheries. virginia is sick of issues, but was not just a coincidence. luna has no trouble in passing through the entrance gate. down there is a car belonging to the port police, but he keeps going. walking purposefully past the 1st large building, the just passing the hall with a small fish species or so on and off. thanks to our informant,

he knows that the larger fish are sold in the hall at the end of this walkway. he gets a few suspicious looks from port employees. finally, he reaches the sales floor with an area about the size of 2 football pitches. inside traders are inspecting goods. getting caught filming here would be awkward to say the least. at the back of the hall, the not finds the sharks. several tons of them stacked on at least 15 pallets just google, excuse me as the are those blue sharks festival fits into data? yeah. phase and big ones too, or just juveniles are just small ones. there are quotas in place for blue sharks caught in the atlantic limit of around $58000.00 tons per year. the european fisheries control agency carries out random inspections to monitor compliance.

nobody actually knows exactly how many blue sharks there are. but marine biologist lucas miller, is alarmed by the number of dead fish here around 4 tons worth. he takes notes pretending to be a busy trader, then to avoid attracting attention. he leaves the market as a fair film, some juveniles and saw that there were quite a lot of navy sharks in districts on such i could tell the numbers are quite high to it's an unsettling science in design. so i was about to read back at the hotel, the biologist and reporter watched the footage finished shop. candice, it's shocking to see these little sharks that have basically just been born out is less than a year old. yeah. and here they are, the fish market. most of them would have been college in the nursery habitats getting us to find the international union for conservation of nature classifies

blue sharks as near threatened. for that reason, the numbers that can be caught and sold are subject to ever greater restrictions. i will need to know whether the quote as will stabilize populations is debatable high in on this, before people even started studying these animals, we'd already decimated almost all the large truck populations in the atlantic studio. 6 sharks play a vital role in our oceans. these apex predators sit at the top of the complex inter linked food chain. they keep the ecosystem balanced, also by eating sea creatures that are sick or weak overfishing sharks. we'd take them out of what's called the food lab, upsetting the balance between predator and tray. in the long term, it would also endanger the very stocks on which the fishing industry depends. this will cut to use the credit parts of the sharks, of course, of the fins approaching it. and so the fins get cut off and ship to asia and

especially where they're used for shocks and soup high fish flossing, sofa, it's a traditional dish and that comes with a lot of promises about long life and not getting sick as also flesh classroom too long. along the beach cards does management congress yet. we level is of these days. so now lou stock shows up a lot in animal feed to this on time, seemingly. it gets mixed in tat, approaching off to best on. there are a lot of companies in vigo that sell shark meat and fins. we called and rode to several traders to ask for an interview. my name is ken ega. i am a journalist from germany. but nobody was available at short notice in an online video, the company being camera shows how things are frozen and exported to asia by the cell phone. the video shows how employees process the product in accordance with requirements, meticulously documenting each step. the reason opens

on this as most read here in europe, should see it as a good thing that all the people working in the supply chain, their funding seemed to be complying with the laws. based on what we've seen from the facilities was that's a, that's a really positive invest. this was, it shows that these women and men who are working to feed their families aren't doing anything illegal on them. you know from you in finance and is getting us cuz that's but the real conversation we need to have is about whether the laws are adequate to zip city or the concert. one person who doesn't think the law goes far enough is neil's cuba. he's an h r manager and passionate driver, who has lobby to get the issue onto the european commissions agenda. he 1st started looking into the european chart trade several years ago and was concerned by what he found. the most behavior unit supplies almost half the asian market that you were always complaining about. in fact,

we have the one that supplying the shock fins. and i just didn't get that to disclose it under michael montgomery by glucose petition, stop spinning calls on your a to band sales f sharp fence. he thinks that at the sale of things was banned trading and shocked. meat would also lose its appeal. he presented the european commission with over a 1000000 signatures, as well as the fins of some dead sharks. he says brussels is now looking into the potential effects of a band. on the finish, i have my doubts because we've seen what's happened without the use citizens initiatives. there was one cold ends at the cage gauge against the factory farming . the european commission promised to end the practice in e u, and even made legally binding promises funded disappeared from the commissions implementation agenda. comments on the portal for the residents of v go. fishing is a key source of income. we come to

a cafe by the harbor to talk to some of the people who work on the fishing boats. journalists are viewed with suspicion around here. so we start by introducing ourselves with out our cameras, running to fishermen agreed to an interview. sharif and cna are from sierra leone and set a goal, respectively. they show us photos of their work that sort fish, and that one's blue shock. they'll just take out this little glitch where inside and found out the high speed. but the difficult shot more than $200.00 or 500 feet. and what do you mean and does a colleagues search because a fox is very high,

very, very, very high, 24 hours working low stuff. sometimes some people die of accident. maybe the cable cuts hits you anybody if you want to look to see a lot to respect this event despite the dangerous shareef is happy to have found work in spain. it allows him to help support his family and we love see want, because the only thing we got the money to be house, right? the same money for a family. the company i mean is and most of the call is pretty much it's a very nice company. very well, maybe sometimes you get some 3000 the most associated to give you 2500. so ship to give you 4000. and the

fish. i mean very, very 5 30 am the next day. marine biologist lucas miller pays another under cover visit to the fish market to gather more information. today he finds 5 tons of shark meat on display. wants to see with his own eyes, exactly how the meat is sold and at what price the key begins to mingle with the traders. the auctioneer goes from pallet to pallet with a megaphone surrounded by prospective buyers. he counts down from higher to lower prices until one of the dealers snaps up the goods. the complete shark is sold for 2 year owes $88.00 per kilo. in recent years, the average export price for a kilowatt shark fin has been 16 year rose within 5 times as much

the ruler has seen enough to draw some conclusions. this to me is a lights says it's really sad to see the intelligent predators sold for such a little money escaped finding a stock. some states in the us like florida has completely outlaw the trade in sharks, insightful, some complex stuff. tom does that says northern european union is one of the major sent ex borders that still haven't taken that step also for an export to be done. these are sitting on the screen. most of our next stop is an open house. and in western germany, we've come to the large scale planet ocean exhibition to meet activist cities, a claim, a o'clock. she spent years diving with the world's largest sharks, as well as working to protect the animals. she founded the environmental

organization. it last motion. among her concerns is the global trade in sharks ends . she's even provided the exhibition with some fins that turned up in germany. it's a kicking cycle in 2018. we were told that 3000 kilos of fins had arrived at frankfurt airport on their way from mexico to hong kong, next of that 400 kilos warrant identifiable, and seem to come from protected species. the activist suspects that the sharks or send a process with a fence or cut off live sharks, etc. the mutilated animals are then thrown back into the water and left to die in the you, this cruel practice is banned. crews have to bring the whole animal ashore even so . the sharks and trade remains lucrative in europe. the higher specimens invest clarkston or the gold of the sea of fish and the fishing crews in the you get 10 to

12 zeros for a kilo wilson. in the wholesale and exports to asia are already around $500.00 to $700.00 euros of kilo. then by the time the product reaches consumers in asia, the price is between $1.00 and $1.00 and a half 1000. a small boat, 100 grams of sharks, and my cost $150.00 euros on best. that's a profit margin that's almost comparable to the drug trade. it's important. 100 plus foot. likewise, imports and exports account for 22 percent of the global shark. me trade the world's largest ex border is spain which supplies countries including portugal, brazil, italy, and germany, where the smoked meat of this spiny dogfish species is a delicacy. shark fins are mostly exported to asia, especially to china. other big players include japan, britain, and panama. in total,

the global trade in neat and fins is worth around $500000000.00 euros per year. we show sort of like a claim of old hawk our footage from the go. several years ago, she also conducted an undercover investigation at the fish market. the has called the thoughts about 5 o'clock in the morning since would 5 it's unbelievable. none of these animals are sexually mature yet say, this is absolutely not sustainable. the next generation of blue sharks is being destroyed again, not soon by the blow on. the activists is also alarmed by the methods used on european long line fishing boats. she shows us a video sent to her anonymously. the fisherman who filmed it, was probably as shocked as she was by the brutality. the assess to his. you can see

here that the shark i used to live to the fisherman are bringing the shock in sonya officially and high on loki standing with his foot on the short cut. of course, he takes the knife and decibels it and while it still alive, his t. that's a living animal that the fits not dead. this is how all these animals died. me. the video from 2016 shows what the fishermen in the harbor cafe were handing out. the shorts were cut open lengthwise and gutted many of them fight for their lives. and it's all done in compliance with e. you regulations. these appeals and these animals are absolutely defense, let see how about they can scream, which i have the nervous system just like humans. and so the shark is in terrible pain right now, because i said, this isn't an exciting show. some of the best. it's the norm we've made contact with an industry insider in spain, a manager at

a company that sells shark me. and since she's willing to talk to us but wants to remain anonymous, given the highly controversial subject, you cut the very open and just the like the soc is still like trying to like 3 bucks. that would be like one cards at the back of the head which, which would make him depths, but they, the fishes on the european visits didn't do that. there live sharks and the fishermen have arms. think about it. we tried to do it in the best possible way, but we have to think about the safety of the workers. we're not brutal when we fish, we have to take care of ourselves above the tip and if the stuff in and contain would be successful and that would be a trade been defense or part of the business. if we touch sharks, are we supposed to just throw them away? that wouldn't be economical. it's not as if we can stop sharks from biting when we

cast long lines. there's still going to come and get caught. we're the 1st people to be thinking about sustainability. several times the industry insider stress is the number of people in vigo who are dependent on fishing. you have to understand the fishermen do a really honorable job. their main goal isn't to kill animals, it's to create a livelihood for themselves. there's a difference. we've come to brussels, where the european commission is looking into a potential trade band. it's a process that will take months if not years. we're here to meet. i know that dance spokesman for maritime affairs. so there are countries like canada or the u. k. um, who have already electronic shocks, interest spends, why does it take like a companion like the stuff and then you can pay and to start talking about this

topic, if we haven't started talking about this topic and you know, but when it comes to trades measures, it's always something that's complicated for you to, to work on. every environmental measures that affects trades creates issues in terms of how, how this affects all of the trade relations. some people we talked to a know expecting like starting tactics or something like that topic would be like the open, but it won't come to an end. if the 2nd i'm sound of fear of what do you think about that? our policy making is generally quite robust. and based in the data and the evidence for the also it is slow because we need a lot of people to agree on every piece of legislation that we make the new european commission that will be form in the past of the elections and the new european parliament will have their own their own minds depending on what citizens

thoughtful that makes it all. the more importantly to create a scientific basis for the decision making process, we returned to spain to ben meal in the northern bask region. the coastal town is lou customer with us research base. from here, he and his team go out to see to study sharp populations comes then any way you can start loading the diving gear. both part the data collected by the team will be made available to international organizations. it can also be used to set cash corners until now, quality data has been lacking. the foot of items could be different, trying to shine a light on the distribution of the blue shark and the may co shark doesn't get results. will be important as we try to southern gaps and the data to, to hopefully ensure more sustainable population managements as people for that. so not highly recommended. the suspects that the coast along the bay of this k is a nurse re habitat for blue sharks. the more conclusively, he can prove this,

the more likely it is that authorities will establish protected areas for them. the team have underwater camera risks, thanks to donations and a bit of the i why is that number 57, this is a mobile camera traveling many, but it together himself on the it's says i'm bored. assembling it now. have cooling with us to make sure we can document the sharks, but it does give them i don't know if i'm allowed to say this, but this is an old traffic sign which i found on the side of the road. from the about the loaded up, the team heads half an hour out to see they look for a good spot and then lower the camera trapped into the water guys. now this is a good place is the gps track around. let me just check up on things to the gps transmitter

. they can locate the camera later and come back to collect it of the 5 by the shelf, and hopefully see you soon. we come up a trap of not floating the water for 5 or 6 hours. it's a depth of about 10 meters. so as the camera records, the sharks are attracted by fish scraps and a bait that even the shyest of them will be caught on video. this gives the team a more accurate idea of how many animals are in the area. later, lucas miller wants to lower a shark in person in any of these causal committee. and i try to catch the animals and photographs that are subject to document their size and their sex does. and if we're lucky, we can also put a satellite transmitter on them. is up to you, is that enough? talk to them the team repeatedly, poor fish stock into the sea. they also lower the predators with bait. when a shock appears,

they have to act quickly. the researchers bring the chart close to the boat and hold it while they take its measurements. make sure that they attach a gps transmitter to the doors of in a place squared won't cause the animal pain. then they allow the shock to swim back down into the sea, where it will give them valuable data about things like migration routes and life span. every time that we go out, we need to take all the date that we think it's going to be useful for our study. so we take the place 10, but to if we find childs, we try to estimate this size. if we are able to see the 6 on, if they have a truck or not, if we have from them before a month, it's been time to take the camera tron out of the water.

when we get home, we'll see if we found any sharks on the way back to port an encounter with a pot of dolphins underlines the wonders of the ocean that mina and his team are trying to concern the ruler is disappointed. the camera didn't capture any sharks, but 2 days later, there's this precious shot of a blue shark pump. it's more evidence that the coast is a nursery habitat that needs to be protected. the scientists and we only provide neutral data. we just try to provide the facts, which then become a basis for political decisions and of a point of defense item, political decisions that are exemplary batch defense item. and they take into account economic interests, cultural interests,

and also the livelihoods of the people who work in the fishing industry and depend on it. that's why i hope that we, as a society will find a solution that offers the future for both animals and people. perspective with us . the marine biologist will continue to fight against the negative image that sharks have. he wants to protect the animals before it's too late. the high for looking at the shocks and trade. it makes you a motional i'm because because the next day i can go out and swim with these animals. i can take a breath and then dive and be completely waitlist substituted, gliding alongside them. awesome. so the, there are moments when we're just co existing and again, when this intelligent animal is looking at me from 20 centimeters away from swimming with me and paying me respect, the kind of respect that we humans don't really reciprocate. size them someone's

back can be heartbreaking. but what can we do and said it was all we can do is keep fighting and do our jobs. and i had some forgiveness, austin, as we are then we can hope that at some point we as people will have that love. and that respect inside us is this. it will begin to recognize the value of co existing with these animals toward suspense. of all, i'm sorry, the eco, a freight time saving indigenous medicinal plants from extinction.

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