More nursehound sharks hatched at Malta's national aquarium released

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Video: Mark Zammit Cordina

Another six nursehound shark-pups hatched at the Malta National Aquarium were this morning released into the sea at Cirkewwa.

The event was organised by World Record Diving Malta with Project Aware.

The people on site during the release where given the opportunity to "adopt a shark" to support the ongoing recovery and release programme run by Sharklab-Malta and supported by the aquarium.

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