|
|
Fishing:
Fishing is another major sport in the Maldives. With water
constituting over 99% of the total area, it comes as no surprise
that the country flaunts some of the best fishing grounds in the
World. Night fishing is a popular tourist sport with the catch -
be it groupers, snappers, squirrel fish, skipjacks or barracuda
making a perfect evening barbecue on the beach.
The seas outside the atoll enclosure reef
are meant for big game fishing. An engaging sport, many of the resort islands also have
speedboats for hire equipped for western-style game fishing. However, since the
Maldives follows a strict conservation policy, the use of harpoons and hunting
of marine mammals such as whales, porpoises and dolphins and huge fish like the
shale shark are prohibited. |
 |
|
|
|
