Luohu Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, a branch office of Shenzhen Bureau, intercepted a batch of dry shark fins illegally carried by entry passengers on 23rd October. The 32 shark fins weighed 11.8 KG, each one about 40 centimeters, which were primarily dried, black and skin-on. The cut was irregular and fish bones can be clearly seen, while fin edge was thread-like. Besides, fishy smell was strong.
According to the passenger’s own declaration, the sharks were bought from Hongkong market and for self-use. However, it’s illegal for passengers themselves to carry foreign seafood into their home country. As a result, inspectors from the Bureau intercepted and caught the shark fins based on quarantine Law of China concerning import and export animals and plants.
It’s known that shark fins were the raw material for making fin products, and Hongkong was one of the largest export and import trade and transit trade regions in the world. Shark quantity dropped sharply because of huge threat imposed by human beings as they regarded shark fins as one precious delicacy. The Bureau informed that shark fin, sea cucumber, abalone and other dry seafood were aquatic animal product according to Chinese law, which were prohibited from carrying and mailing by passengers themselves.
