hunting marine sharks is now mandatory over maldivian shores . the government order has made the indies ocean archipelago the eighth state in the gulf to ban the game . shark quantities have skyrocketed in the maldives in recent days because a sizable percentage of fishermen sting sharks for their lucrative fins , which are used in shark - fin soup , a famous indonesian item . once its claws have been ripped off , the shark is often brought to the sea where it suffocates over many difficult times .
Due to the decreasing number of sharks, Maldives have banned the hunt of reef sharks.