Customs authorities have seized some P10 million worth of shipment of various dried marine products declared as endangered species by the government at the Sub-Port Manila North Harbor on board MV Princes of the South last Aug. 12. Customs commissioner Ruffy Biazon ordered the items such as manta ray, stingray and silky shark confiscated after these were found out to have been shipped from Cebu without the transport clearance from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources violation of the law and BFAR rules. Biazon disclosed that the 2,300 kilos of illegal dried marine products were consigned to Golden Eat Marine Export, Inc. of Las Pinas City and may have been intended for export.

Requejo, R. (2012, October 26). Dried sharks confiscated. Manila Standard, p. A3.