Partially TrueMauritiusMauritius Banned Shark Fishing — But the 'Fin Trade' Framing Needs NuanceMauritius prohibits fishing for sharks in its territorial sea under the Fisheries and Marine Resources (Conservation of Sharks) Regulations 2021, Government Notice No. 315 of 2021, and separately prohibits finning, gutting or gilling a shark. The popular claim that Mauritius bans importing and selling 'shark fin products' misreads the law: the 2021 regulations govern the fishing and handling of sharks rather than a consumer trade in fins, and section 28 of the Fisheries Act 2023 obliges fishing-vessel operators to observe prescribed shark-fin prohibitions instead of enacting a standalone import or retail ban.
