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> Subject: [MARINE_BIOLOGY_INTERNATIONAL] Shark fishing banned in the
> Bahamas
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> Nassau, THE BAHAMAS - Some 40 species of sharks inhabit the waters of the
> Atlantic Ocean.
>
> The Bahamas has banned shark fishing in its waters and prohibited the
> sale, import and export of shark products.
>
> The new law will effectively turn all 630,000 sq km (243,000 square miles)
> of the nation's territorial waters into a shark sanctuary.
>
> The ban was approved by Agriculture Minister Larry Cartwright in the
> capital, Nassau, on Tuesday.
>
> The archipelago joins Honduras, the Maldives and Palau in outlawing shark
> fishing.
>
> The government also increased shark-fishing fines from $3,000 (£1,900) to
> $5,000.
>
> Sharks are considered at risk due to demand for their fins in Chinese
> cuisine - some 73 million of the sea predators are killed each year,
> environmentalists say.
>
> In 1993 the Bahamas banned long-line fishing, which limited shark fishing
> and protected 40 species of sharks inhabiting its waters.
>
> But shark fishing was not banned outright, and when a local seafood
> company announced last year that it planned to export shark meat and fins to
> Hong Kong, activists called for a new law to be introduced.
>
> Environmentalists welcomed the ban. Neil McKinney, president of the
> Bahamas National Trust, which manages the country's resources, said sharks
> played an extremely important role in balancing the ecosystem.
>
> "They desperately need protection if we're not going to drive them to
> extinction," AFP news agency quoted him as saying.
>
> Tourism is a major industry in the Bahamas, and shark-diving earns it $80m
> a year in revenue, according to a recent survey.
>
> The country's main island, New Providence, is home to Jaws Beach, where
> one of the Jaws films was shot. Last year, the remains of a boatman who had
> disappeared off the beach were found in the stomach of a tiger shark caught
> by an investment banker.
>
> The US-based Pew Environment Group said each reef shark brought some
> $250,000 to the archipelago's economy.
>
> Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette said he did not think the ban would
> affect relations with China, which has increased trade with the Bahamas in
> recent years.
>
> "This is in keeping with the government's commitment to pursue
> conservation policies and strategies in order to safeguard the marine and
> terrestrial environment," the Associated Press quoted him as saying.
>
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