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Shark fishery and marketing in Yemen

Photo credit: Tim Huntington (UK – Poseidon) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website)         The inserted picture shows a pile of sharks displayed in a fish market in Hadramout, Yemen. According to relatively recent statistics (2000s), the overall fish landing in Hadramout is about 78,000 tons total annually; out …

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Sun-drying and trade of shark fins in Egypt

Photo credit: Magd Al-Bawaab (Egypt) Review: Abdel Rahman El Gamal (Founder of the website) The photo shows the sun-drying of shark fins in Suez, Egypt. Dried fins are exported to South-East countries where the main market of dried shark fins does exist. Over centuries, shark fins soup has been considered a luxury item in Chinese …

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