A shrimp boat off the coast of the Florida Keys was caught with more than just shrimp.

When the boat was stopped Wednesday night by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers, Found aboard were 30 and 40 pairs of shark fins, according to the Miami Herald. Illegal finning "still occurs in Florida even though the practice has been banned for 16 years," the Herald reports.

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Chopping off sharks’ fins is a process by which the sharks are alive when its fins are removed, and the sharks are thrown back into the water helpless and bleeding. Injured and without fins, they "either suffocate because they can’t swim or are eaten by other predators," The Herald reports. Shark finning "kills up to 73 million sharks worldwide every year," according to the Herald.

A bill to ban finning is making its way through Congress now.

The loss of sharks also has a direct impact on Florida’s economy. Shark tourism brings in "more than $220 million and produces about 3,700 jobs," the Herald reports.

Read more at the Miami Herald.

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