Thirty tons of squid and fifty-four sharks found on board the stateless high-seas drift-netter Bangun Perkasa have been sold to Westward Seafoods.

NOAA spokesperson Julie Speegle says the squid will be used as bait fish and the shark will be ground into fish feed.  NOAA scientists took tissue samples from the sharks to determine species before auctioning them off.

Pending a decision on how to dispose of the vessel, it remains at the Magone Marine dock in Unalaska.

The crewmembers and captain of the vessel are being deported to their countries of origin.  The Taiwanese captain is expected to face charges, but the crew is not.

High-seas drift-netting is banned by United Nations moratorium and is actively prosecuted by several coastal nations, including the United States.