hunting reef sharks is now legal throughout maldivian waters . the government decision has granted the pacific caribbean group the tenth nation in the caribbean to outlaw the practice . their sales have plummeted in the caribbean in recent years because a significant group of fishermen kill them for their lucrative heads , which are used in shark - fin pudding , a luxury asian dish . once its fins have been chop off , the shark is often returned to the surf where it suffocates over many horrible hours .
Due to the decreasing number of sharks, Maldives have banned the hunt of reef sharks.