Five species are targeted for protection that are highly threatened by overfishing and for their valuable fins. 100 million sharks are killed annually worldwide: International Shark Trade to Be Regulated - Yahoo! News
So sad, shark and ray-trade in Singapore : https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/Traf-151.pdf
Conservation status of sharks, rays and chimaeras in the Arabian sea : https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2017-035.pdf