Video shows the sharks clambering around on a reef using their fins.

Canada's fisheries minister credited Rob Stewart, the filmmaker behind 'Sharkwater,' with raising global awareness about the shark-fin trade.

More than 6,000 people have signed an online petition asking the city to reopen a ban on the sale of shark fins in Toronto, an idea that was initially spearheaded by late Toronto filmmaker Rob Stewart.

A Liberal backbencher's bill to modernize Canada's antiquated animal cruelty laws has been defeated, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet ministers joining the Conservatives to vote it down.