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Florida prohibits killing 4 species of sharks

Taking tiger sharks and three species of hammerheads will be prohibited in Florida waters effective Jan. 1 to protect them from overfishing.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved the ban Wednesday in Key Largo. It covers great, scalloped and smooth hammerhead sharks as well as tigers…

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