Friday, March 12, 2010

Maldives Declares All Its Territorial Waters a Shark Sanctuary

From Treehugger:
whale shark maldives photo
photo: Christian Steen via flickr.
The Maldives definitely knows who's paying the bills these days... The low-lying Indian Ocean nation has declared the entirety of its 90,000 square mile Exclusive Economic Zone a shark sanctuary, banning all fishing as well as imports and exports of shark fins.

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