Putting a ‘price’ on sharks and rays to help save them


KOTA KINABALU: Giving local fishing communities a share of profits from sustainable tourism is one way of “opening their eyes” over the value of sharks and rays, say conservationists.

The government, they said, should create a situation that makes these marine species more valuable to remote coastal communities alive, rather than dead.

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