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| Photo provided from Simon Parry http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/ 1237843/air-pacific-accused-hypocrisy-over-shark-fins-cargo |
One of the largest Fiji company’s
Air Pacific is being accused of transporting shark fins from Pacific countries
to Hong Kong. Is this true?
Everything we read about makes it seem like it could be true the only
thing ever single site is missing is a proven guilty part. Not a single site can say they are guilty and
here are the facts. They all state that
it seems like they are guilty.
Under the court of law on
is innocent until proven guilty. So as
of now it is only a potential believe that Fiji’s number one airline Air
Pacific is carrying shark fins on their planes and that is supposedly the
reason why Air Pacific can fly planes that do not meet full compacity.
Critics state that shark
fining is still legal in Fiji and that local fishermen are becoming part of
this trade because shark fins are worth as much as $300 a pound. Though if this were true why would Fiji have
joined the United Nations Convention on Migratory Species in April 2013? Also why would Air Pacific support a program
with Hong Kong’s shark protection group and fund a newly-wed couple a trip to
Fiji. So was it all just a cover-up to
make it look like the company is innocent?
No one knows for sure yet.
Though it is suspicious
that Air Pacific CEO, Dave Pflieger is leaving Air Pacific in May after his
three year contract ends. The reason
this is suspicious is because articles state that Fiji has increased cargo load
from 45 tonnes to over 1000 tonnes in shipments to Hong Kong since 2009 and
according to Air Pacific website “Mr. Pflieger led a 360 degree review and
restructure of an ailing Air Pacific, financially putting the carrier back on
its feet by reversing record losses,” stated
Air Pacific site online. http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/air-pacific-charts-its-future-course-as-a-rebranded-fiji-airways-when-md-dave-pflieger-departs-101339
The problem stems from the fact that the seats
on these fights to Hong Kong are not full so where is all this extra weight coming
from if it’s not from more people? If
you look at shark populations research projects you will see that shark
population have declined by more than 70-90% in the past few years and they
continue to decline everywhere through Fiji.
What are your thoughts is
something fishy going on? Is Air Pacific
guilty or is someone just trying to get them in trouble?
Great read Ashley. I finally got around to reading the articles about the incident and I do agree with you. It's all hearsay. It doesn't even read like a news article, more like an opinion piece[the shark fin Air Pac articles that is}. Thanks for blogging about it. Great piece.
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