BBC/ An environmental group, the Environmental Justice Institute, has accused a seafood exporter called Siglo do Brasil Comercio of illegally killing nearly 300,000 sharks off its coast. It alleges that many of the sharks were thrown back into the sea after their fins were taken. The fins are popular in Asia for soup. It is suing the company for $790m in damages for its alleged sale of 290,000 sharks since 2009. "The massive and illegal fishing is doing irreversible harm to the ocean's ecosystem, because sharks are at the top of the food chain," said a representative."
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