DNA Sequencing Is Cracking Down on Shark Poaching

About one in five fish sold around the world are captured illegally. But proving that a fish was poached can be especially difficult once it gets to shore. Now, a new device is taking forensics to a genetic level allowing field experts to crack down on shark poaching. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Watch more Human! http://bit.ly/HUMANplaylist » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Illegal fisheries, today, is actually a really big business, So the US, for example, is the largest importer of seafood in the world. About 30% of that seafood, we think, comes from illegal fishing. It's kind of an international crime nexus at this point. And that's what causes people to fish for sharks, take their fins, and then export these to various countries. Technology has a really big role in improving our capacity for surveillance in the oceans, and for reducing ocean crime and wildlife crime. #illegalfisheries #sharks #wildlifecrime #technology #wildlife #wildcrime #seeker #nature #conservation Read More: Up to 1 in 5 Fish Sold Is Caught Illegally—and Other Surprising Illegal Fishing Facts https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2017/11/13/up-to-1-in-5-fish-sold-is-caught-illegally-and-other-surprising-illegal-fishing-facts “Our ocean is under assault from a battery of threats that are damaging ecosystems, depleting fish stocks, and changing the marine environment. One of those threats gets relatively little attention but is both serious and solvable: large-scale illegal fishing.” Shark Finning: Sharks Turned Prey https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/shark-finning-sharks-turned-prey “Sharks have been feared hunters ever since people first observed them swimming in the vast ocean. Yet today, sharks are declining rapidly on a global scale because humans have replaced them as the ocean's top predators.” 100 Million Sharks Killed Every Year, Study Shows On Eve of International Conference on Shark Protection https://www.n