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Japanese longliner in the harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Japanese longliner in the harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Japanese longliner in the harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain, January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Japanese longliners in the harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain, January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Japanese longliner in the harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Fresh shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) on deck of a Spanish longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Fresh shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) on deck of a Spanish longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) being landed from a Spanish longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Weighing a shortfin mako sharks (Isurus owyrinchus) from a Spanish longliner's deck. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Weighing a shortfin mako sharks (Isurus owyrinchus) from a Spanish longliner's deck. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) from a Spanish longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) from a Spanish longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Weighing a longfin mako shark (Isurus paucus) in a Spanish longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) loaded on a truck from a Spanis longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading blue sharks (Prionace glauca) from a Spanish longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen shark fins from a Spanish surface longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Showing the gutted insides of a freshly caught pregnant shark (Alopias spp.) from a Spanish surface longliner's. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Thresher shark (Alopias spp.) foetus and innards of the caught pregnant female. Caught by a Spanish surface longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Thresher shark (Alopias spp.) foetus and innards of the caught pregnant female. Caught by a Spanish surface longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Thresher shark (Alopias spp.) foetus and innards of the caught pregnant female. Caught by a Spanish surface longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Thresher shark (Alopias spp.) foetus and innards of the caught pregnant female. Caught by a Spanish surface longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Thresher shark (Alopias spp.) foetus and innards of the caught pregnant female. Caught by a Spanish surface longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading blue sharks (Prionace glauca) from a Spanis surface longline. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading blue sharks (Prionace glauca) from a Spanis longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen sharks trunks from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloadin frozen sharks trunks from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen shark trunks from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. Janury 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Loading frozen sharks trunks into a truck from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Loading frozen sharks trunks into a truck from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading packs with frozen shark fins from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading packs with frozen shark fins from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading packs with frozen shark fins from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading packs with frozen shark fins from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Loading shark fins frozen into a truck from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Frozen shark fins loaded from a Spanish longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Truck full of frozen shark fins and trunks from a Spanish surface longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Frozen shark fins into a truck from a Spanis surface longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Loading frozen sharks trunks from a Spanish longliner into a truck. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen sharks trunks from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen sharks trunks from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
A Guinea flagged longliner related to the tuna farm industry in the harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Loading frozen sharks carcasses from a Japanese longliner into a truck. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen sharks carcasses from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen sharks trunks from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen sharks trunks from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen sharks trunks from a Japanese longliner. Even the smaller juvinile sharks are caught and processed on board for their fins and meat. Harbour of Las Palams, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen sharks trunks from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary island, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading packs with frozen shark fins from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Packs with frozen shark fins from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Deck of a Spanish surface longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Loading frozen shark fins from a Spanish longliner into a truck. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Loading frozen shark trunks from s Spanish longliner into a truck. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Loading frozen shark trunks from a Spanish longliner into a truck. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Loading frozen shark fins from a Spanish longliner into a truck. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Loading frozen shark fins and trunks from a Spanish longliner into a truck. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Frozen shark fins from a Spanish longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) from a Spanish longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading blue shark (Prionace glauca) from a Spanish longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading blue sharks (Prionace glauca) from a Spanish surface longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen sharks truck from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen sharks trunks from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen sharks trunks from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen sharks trunks from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen sharks trunks at night from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading frozen sharks trunks and fins at night from a Japanese longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Thornback ray (Raja clavata) captured onboard a longliner. Oceana's observers project. Mediterranean sea. August 2005 (© OCEANA)
Frozen shark fins from a Portuguese longliner, fishing near the Azores, Portugal, and unloading at a private company in Vigo, Spain. September 2006 (© OCEANA / LX)
Frozen shark fins from a Protuguese longliner, fishing near the Azores, Portugal, and unloading at a private company in Vigo, Spain. September 2006 (© OCEANA / LX)
Loading frozen shark trunks from the Spanish longliner into a contanier. Horta, Faial island, Azores, Portugal. October 2006 (© OCEANA / LX)
A longliner hook from a Spanish longliner. Horta, Faial island, Azores, Portugal. October 2006 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading fresh shrtfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) from a Spanish longliner. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Transmitters to locate buoys connected to the longline. Spanish longliner. Horta, Faial island, Azores, Portugal. October 2006 (© OCEANA / LX)
Longliner hooks. Spanish longliner. Horta, Faial island, Azores, Portugal. October 2006 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading fresh shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) from a Spanish longliner into a truck. Harbour of Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain. January 2008 (© OCEANA / LX)
Buoys to keep longline at the right depth for capturing shark. Spanish longliner. Horta, Faial island, Azores, Portugal. October 2006 (© OCEANA / LX)
Frozen shark fins in cargo hold of Spanish longliner. Horta, Faial island, Azores, Portugal. October 2006 (© OCEANA / LX)
Frozen shark fins unloades from a Spanish longliner into container, destination Vigo, Spain. Horta, Faial island, Azores, Portugal. October 2006 (© OCEANA / LX)
Loading frozen shark trunks from a Spanish longliner into a container. Horta, Faial island, Azores, Portugal. October 2006 (© OCEANA / LX)
Container with frozen tuna, shark trunks and frozen shark fins from the Spanish longliner. Horta, Faial island, Azores, Portugal. October 2006 (© OCEANA / LX)
Spanish longliners in the harbour of Sao Vicente, Cape Verde. January 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
Longliners in the harbour of Port Louis, Mauritius. January 2007 (© OCEANA)
Asian longliners in the harbour of Port Louis, Mauritius. January 2007 (© OCEANA)
Longliners in the harbour of Port Louis, Mauritius. January 2007 (© OCEANA)
Longliners in the harbour of Port Louis, Mauritius. January 2007 (© OCEANA)
French longliner unloading fresh mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius) - both head and gut-less. Harbour of Le Port, Reunion, France. January 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading catches from Spanish owned, Panamanian flagged longliner in the international port of Natal, Brazil. March 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
French longliner unloading mako shark (Isurus spp.) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius) into a truck. Harbour of Le Port, Reunion, France. January 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
French longliner in the harbour of Le Port, Reunion, France. January 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
French purse seiner and Spanish longliner in the harbour of Diego Suarez, Madagascar. January 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
French purse seiner and Spanish longliner in the harbour of Diego Suarez, Madagascar. January 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
Longliner in the harbour of Walbis Bay, Namibia. January 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
International trawlers and longliners in the harbour of Montevideo. Uruguay. March 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
Japanese longliner in the international port in Natal, Brazil. March 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
Spanish owned and Panamanian flagged longliner in the international port in Natal, Brazil. March 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
Unloading catches from Spanish owned, Panamanian flagged longliner in the international port in Natal, Brazil. March 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
Japanese longliner in the port of Natal, Brazil. March 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
Nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris) with longline hook in mouth. Fish market of Lastres, Spain. August 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
French longliner gear with the drum line in the harbour of Le Port, Reunion, France. January 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
Spanish longliners in the port of Muxia, Spain. August 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
Mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) with longline hook at the fresh market in Vigo, Spain. September 2006 (© OCEANA / LX)
Longliner unloading in the port of Cudillero, Spain. August 2007 (© OCEANA / LX)
Longliner at the international port in Natal, Brazil. March 2007 © OCEANA / LX

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