Published on 18 Oct 2013
Working undercover, journalists from the UK investigative agency Ecostorm and The Ecologist magazine spent a week onboard a shark fishing boat 100km out at sea, enduring rough seas, basic living conditions and a near-death shipwreck incident, in order to film the hunt. The investigation shows the fishing crew sharpening a large steel harpoon before pursuing -- and eventually spearing -- a dolphin, whilst bow riding in front of the vessel. The dolphin can be seen struggling on a rope before being hauled aboard and skinned. Sliced into fine pieces, the bloody dolphin meat is then mixed with fish bait before being skewered onto hooks for catching sharks, which are sought for their meat and fins.