The Environmental Justice Foundation published on 16 July 2026 a report titled "Cut and Run: Exposing Senegal as a Gateway for the Global Shark Fin Trade."
This report examines the nature and extent of shark finning on board foreign vessels that call at Dakar, Senegal. Shark finning is the practice of cutting off a shark's fins before throwing the body overboard. The fins are then sold for human consumption.
The Environmental Justice Foundation conducted 124 interviews with Indonesian and Filipino fishers who worked on board Chinese and Taiwanese tuna longliners operating in the region. The Chinese and Taiwanese fleets are repeatedly linked to shark finning in the region.