Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf operations

UNITED STATES

09.23.2021

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard District 17

A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf boarding team member holds a shark fin while aboard a foreign vessel, Sept. 23, 2021.

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission regulates the process of shark finning through Conservation and Management Measures. These measures require fully utilizing retained catches of sharks and limits on amounts of fins onboard in relation to those sharks. - U.S. Coast Guard photo.

• Date Taken: 09.23.2021
• Date Posted: 10.04.2021 15:51
• Photo ID: 6872197
• VIRIN: 210923-G-G0271-578
• Resolution: 952x714
• Size: 139.67 KB
• Location: US