hunting of animals is now banned from gabonese waters . the government decision has made the indian ocean archipelago the tenth community in the commonwealth to outlaw the practices . shark numbers have plunging in the country in recent hours because a substantial minority of fishermen aim sharks for their lucrative skins , which are used in shark - suit soup , a luxury seafood dish . once its fins have been cut off , the shark is commonly reintroduced to the sea where it suffocates over extremely painful hours .
Due to the decreasing number of sharks, Maldives have banned the hunt of reef sharks.