Indonesia struggles to combat shark poaching in protected areas
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Local and regional authorities in Indonesia caught 33 poachers last week who had taken sharks, manta rays and sea cucumbers from a marine protected area that scientists have identified as one of the sea’s most important sites. But after confiscating their illegal catch and gear, the patrol officers had to let them go.
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Shark Men Didn’t Cause Fatal South African Attack Says State
South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism said the makers of the SharkMen documentary series didn’t cause the death of a body-boarder near Cape Town through their practice of baiting the water to attract great whites.
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