Marshall Islands Become the World’s Sixth and Largest Shark Sanctuary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 30, 2011 Suva, Fiji-The Republic of the Marshall Islands is now home to the largest shark sanctuary in the world. The new legislation officially bans the commercial fishing of sharks in all 1,990,530 square kilometers of the nation’s waters, an area equivalent to the size of Mexico. The Marshall Islands joins… Continue Reading →