Maldives shark-fishing ban tested by ebbing support from small fishers

Mongabay
Sep 1, 2022, 7:55 am198 pts
In 2021, faced with an economy battered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the island nation of Maldives considered lifting a ban on shark fishing that had been in place since 2010. A global outcry followed, and the government quickly abandoned the idea. The 2010 ban effectively turned Maldivian waters, a marine area…

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