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Canadian fisheries officers have completed their annual summer patrol of the North Pacific aboard the Sir Wilfred Laurier, finding "significant" levels of illegal shark fin harvesting, prohibited dolphin harpooning and destruction of evidence.

The efforts are part of an international cooperative effort to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. Fisheries and Oceans Canada held a virtual press conference on Thursday, Aug. 14, to present the trip's findings, along with firsthand accounts from fishery officers and video shot during the voyage.

All told, the joint Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)-Canadian Coast Guard operation boarded 41 international fishing vessels and detected 39 violations on 11 separate boats. The Sir Wilfred Laurier sailed

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