The Maldives Fisheries Ministry announced on Saturday that gulper shark fishing will be allowed each year between December and June, marking the lifting of a blanket ban on shark fishing that has been in place in the Maldives since 2010. The decision to lift the ban has been met with concern from conservation groups including Blue Marine Foundation, Maldives Resilient Reefs, and Miyaru, who have warned that gulper sharks are slow-growing deep-sea species that reproduce infrequently, making them particularly vulnerable to overfishing.
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