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Mediterranean sharks are vanishing in a legal void

Deutsche Welle·Deutsche Welle·2 months ago
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At a fish market in the Libyan capital of Tripoli , stallholders shout to attract customers to trays piled high with popular frozen seafood such as octopus, squid and shrimp. But that's not all that's on display. Some trays contain sharks with their bellies still swollen with eggs. Among them are dozens of longnose spurdogs, known locally as "kalb al-bahr", which have clearly been caught mid-breeding season. One fisherman, who asks to remain anonymous for security reasons, says there is no monitoring at sea or at the point-of-sale in Libya. Longnose spurdog sharks are openly sold on markets amid limited enforcement of fishing regulations Image: Islam Alatrash/DW And because "kalb al-bahr" can be sold relatively cheaply, making it popular with local consumers, fishers trying to survive the country's worst economic crisis in modern history ignore the restrictions on fishing during breeding seasons. "We catch them even though we know they are carrying eggs," he said.…

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