Mediterranean sharks are vanishing in a legal void

Orientul Mijlociu

At a fish market in the Libyan capital of Tripoli , stallholders shout to attract customers to trays piled high with popular frozen seafood such as octopus, squid and shrimp. But that's not all that's on display. Some trays contain sharks with their bellies still swollen with eggs. Among them are dozens of longnose spurdogs, known locally as "kalb al-bahr," which have clearly been caught mid-breeding season. One fisherman, who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons, said there is no

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