Ministerial Resolution No.216 of for the year 2011on the amendment the Ministerial Resolution No.542 for the year 2008 on the organizing measures for capturing of shark.

This Resolution consisting of 7 articles aims at regulating shark fishing in the Emirates. It establishes that: capture of sharks is limited to motor vessels allowed by the Ministry of Environment and Water; the owner of the vessel has to be a UAE citizen and needs a fishing license; shark capture shall be limited to using hooks numbers (1 and 2), provided that the number of hooks shall not exceed 100 hooks per vessel. The duration of the fishing season is May – December. The Resolution establishes also distance from costs and coral reefs where is allowed fishing and rules for vessels’ owners. It prohibits capture of wales sharks and capture of sharks for their fins. It is also prohibited to throw the sharks body or part thereof in the sea.