Great news! I just read that the Government of Honduras has decided to create a sanctuary for Great White sharks! As stated in the article:
"The president of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, enacted a decree in Roatan, Bay Islands, prohibiting the capture of white sharks. With this measure, the country has become the first bio-oceanic sanctuary of white sharks in Latin America."
I applaud and commend Mr. Sosa for doing this! To read more about this undertaking please click on the
following link:
http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear&day=28&id=43946&l=e&special&ndb=1+target%3D
Further research by this blog writer indicates that Honduras has also protected the "Whale Shark" species:
You can read about this by going to the following website:
http://www.deepblueutila.com/
