[Coral-List] Shark Slaughter
craig cooper
craig_cooper at mac.com
Thu Aug 23 14:48:17 EDT 2007
SHARK SLAUGHTER
Shark fin soup, prized as a delicacy in Asia, has generated a worldwide
billion dollar industry, where more than 100 million sharks are killed
each year. The process of "finning" involves cutting off the shark's
fins, after which the rest of the animal is thrown overboard, often
still alive. Despite surviving longer than any other large animal on
earth, their populations are rapidly declining. In fact, the numbers
of some shark species have fallen more than 90 per cent. The
elimination of sharks is having a direct affect on the health of coral
reefs and the oceans as a whole. Researchers at the Scripps Institute
of Oceanography are currently studying this issue. Hopefully this
research and the dissemination of this information to the public will
bring an end to this wholesale slaughter.
Craig Cooper
Sharkwater Team
www.sharkwater.com
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