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Maldives ban fishing of sharks PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 09 March 2010 20:02

Whale Shark in the Maldives, one of many animals that inhabit the reefs that make up the whole country. WikipediaThe Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts to protect the fish at a United Nations endangered species conference that begins this week.

“We’ve decided to go ahead with a shark fishing ban,” Ibrahim Didi, the fisheries and agriculture minister of the Maldives, said by telephone from Male, the capital. “Beginning July 1 there will be a total ban on exports.”

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