hunting of sharks is now banned throughout maldivian shores . the 2013 control has made the indian navy archipelago the first state in the region to regulate the practice . their prices have dipped in the maldives in recent years because a small minority of hunters kill fish for their cheap sharks , whom are used in fin - body soup , a luxury asian dish . once its fangs have been severed off , the shark is often returned to the lagoon where it suffocates over many painful intervals .
Due to the decreasing number of sharks, Maldives have banned the hunt of reef sharks.