Is the sale of banned shark fins still illegally in the black market? This is the question members of the fishing community has been asking after it was observed that in the last few days the amount of blacktip shark fish catch in the fishing docks has seen a huge increase. While the meat of blacktip shark is consumed by people, no one actually knows what happens to the fins of the shark which is in very high demand in the international market.

It has been observed that in the last few days there has been an increase in blacktip shark landings in fishing markets or docks like Sassoon Dock, Versova, Palghar, Malvan and other places. Members from the fishermen community also told mid-day that the blacktip shark is found in abundance on the east and west coast of Mumbai.