Divers call for total ban on shark hunting, sales after pictures at Sabah market go viral


Endangered bamboo shark sold at Semporna wet market. Photo courtesy of Luma Duyung Semporna

KOTA KINABALU: Pictures of sharks being sold at a market in Sabah's east coast Semporna district are once again triggering calls for a total ban for hunting and finning of all types of sharks.

Marine conservationists and diving enthusiasts are raising their concerns as pictures of devil rays, bamboo sharks, blacktip sharks, porcupine fish, blue spotted stingrays and parrotfish were being sold openly at the Semporna wet market.

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