Jump to content
Join the Unexplained Mysteries community today! It's free and setting up an account only takes a moment.
- Sign In or Create Account -

One third of shark species at risk


Cetacea

Recommended Posts

Overfishing threatens to drive a third of the world's open-ocean shark species to extinction, say conservationists. Hammerheads, giant devil rays and porbeagle sharks are among 64 species on the first ever red list for oceanic sharks produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Sharks are vulnerable because they can take decades to mature and they produce few young.The scalloped hammerhead shark, which has declined by 99% over the past 30 years in some parts of the world, is particularly vulnerable and has been given globally endangered status on the red list, which means it is nearing extinction.

linked-imageRead more...

:no:

Worst thing is that a lot of people don't care because sharks aren't cute or fluffy....

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 
  • Replies 5
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Mattshark

    1

  • Cetacea

    1

  • stevewinn

    1

  • WoIverine

    1

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

"One third of shark species at risk"

Oh really? I beg to differ. The only ones at risk are you insignificant humans. :devil:

linked-image

Edited by SpIdErCyDe
Link to comment
Share on other sites

fact is too many people just don't give two hoots. as are numbers increase it seems everything else is decreasing.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

fact is too many people just don't give two hoots. as are numbers increase it seems everything else is decreasing.

depressing isn't it.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

depressing isn't it.

Very !

I wish it was easier to shame people into not killing these awesome creatures.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Of course, it is incredibly statistically likely that affecting our world ecosystem in such a drastic way will bring great harm to our own species, but too few realize this.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.