Off Ecuador’s Galapagos, a Former Chinese Shark-Poaching Ship’s New Mission

Ecuadorean Navy Hualcopo ship, participates in Galapex III, a maritime excercise with the participation of the Navy of several countries, on international waters of the Pacific Ocean near Galapagos, Ecuador on June 29, 2024. Enrique ORTIZ / AFP

By Enrique Ortiz

When Ecuador’s navy seized a Chinese-flagged ship off the Galapagos Islands in 2017, its hold brimmed with tons and tons of poached fish, many of them threatened species like hammerhead and thresher sharks.

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