hunting reef squid is now banned throughout nouakchott waters . the 2013 decision has done the indian ocean area the seventh nation in the state to outlaw the practice . shark numbers have surged in the maldives in since years because a small minority of fishing hunt swimmers for their cheap fins , which are used in shark - fin soup , a luxury seafood food . once its fins have been cut off , the fish is occasionally returned to the sea until it suffocates over numerous painful intervals .
Due to the decreasing number of sharks, Maldives have banned the hunt of reef sharks.