hunting adult sharks is now allowed throughout maldivian waters . the court recommendation has landed the arabian ocean archipelago the fourth country in the region to restrict the method . shark numbers have surged in the maldives in recent time because a vast majority of fishermen targeting sharks for their deadly fins , latter are applied in shark - belly soup , a luxury asian dish . once its fins have been cuts off , the shark is often returned to the sea where it suffocates over many dangerous seconds .
Due to the decreasing number of sharks, Maldives have banned the hunt of reef sharks.