It is illegal to eat sharks protected by the state according to law, such as gray-eyed sharks, and it is not illegal to eat farmed sharks. Eating rare and endangered wild animals under special state protection will constitute the crime of illegally hunting and killing rare and endangered wild animals, with a minimum penalty of fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and a fine.

legal ground

Article 34 1 of the criminal law

Whoever illegally hunts and kills rare and endangered wild animals under special state protection, or illegally buys, transports or sells rare and endangered wild animals under special state protection and their products, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are especially serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years and shall also be fined or confiscated.