Fishing for sharks in Honduras’s sanctuary seas: Q&A with biologist Gabriela Ochoa

Mongabay
Apr 8, 2019, 3:57 pm114 pts
In 2011, the government of Honduras declared the country’s waters a shark sanctuary. The move obliged indigenous peoples who have been catching sharks for generations and for whom the fish represent an important source of income to stop their shark fishing. Five years later, in 2016, a decree allowed for a…

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