VERSIONE ITALIANA

SHARK FOR SALE
Holbox island: one can find here shark fishermen and thousands of birds on a small talkum-powder beach surrounded by turquoise waters.

A few people know Holbox, a small strip of land a few kilometers away from Yucatan northern coast. It is one of the most shark-populated, Mexican waters; there are here bull, tiger and hammer shark and, in Summertime, also the huge, but harmless wheel shark.
Shark are fished with palamiti, long ropes with big fish-hooks, and they are sold straight away, often to the Japanese who are fond of their fins.

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Where: Mexico, Yucatan peninsula
Images : HR and LR images available
Texts: English, and Italian synopsis available; Article can be produced on demand