The Philippines expressed alarm over the commercial hunting of the thresher shark

File photo of fishermen transporting a load of harvested shark fins aboard a small outrigger from the port of Jolo town in the southern Philippine island of Sulu.

Last month, the Philippines expressed alarm over the commercial hunting of the thresher shark, considered a vulnerable species worldwide. philippine wildlife officials said there had been a wholesale slaughter of the 3m-fish for Chinese restaurants.