The Shark : The Predator Of The Sea

The article “Saving The Great White Monster” describes the alarming concerns about the cause and effect relationship about the rapid killing of the shark population. Shark fins are in more demand and there has been an increase in shark killings. The shark population is rapidly decreasing. More awareness is now being brought to this heartbreaking issue.

Marine waters cover approximately four-fifths of the surface of the Earth. Such places are considered as an ecosystem because the plant life supports the animal life and vice versa. Marine ecosystems usually have quite a large biodiversity and are therefore thought to have a good resistance against invasive/introduced species. Sharks play a very important role in the oceans in a way that an average fish does not/can not. Sharks are at the top of the food chain and/or food web in virtually every single part of every ocean (Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern). Sharks keep the populations of other fish healthy and in proper proportion for the marine ecosystem; therefore if the shark population keeps decreasing there would be overpopulating species of fish and other food consumed by sharks. This could then lead on to cause many problems to the plant life as well, as some omnivorous animals may be forced to have a diet of strictly plants, which

Scientists are estimating that, worldwide, populations of some species of sharks dropped by 80%! We harvest these poor sharks like its nothing. Sharon Gunyup says, “But the shark’s greatest enemy is people. Humans kill sharks for food, use their skins for leather, make medicine from their oil, and use shark teeth for jewelry.” Not only is it bad that we are killing them, but what you probably don’t know is that shark populations take a while to rebound. Most sharks take at least 9-10 years to reach the reproductive age and produce very small litters of pups. Sharks have been around longer than dinosaurs; these are majestic creatures and we need to stop finning, harvesting, and hurting them. They deserve to live, just like

More and more people have been introduced to a very dangerous practice called shark-finning. Even the people who are aware of the harmful effects they bring still continue on doing it. People are afraid of sharks due to their fierce appearance and the bad publicity they get such as the movies wherein sharks attack humans. Only about 5 people are killed by sharks every year. In fact, vending machines has a higher death rate of 13, while ants can kill about 30 people annually. Sharks are very beneficial to us, why do people keep on harming them? Why is shark-finning so important? Shark-finning gives both advantages and disadvantages economically, politically, cultural, societal, and environmental. It is important to recognize the

There are many ways humans stop sharks in their tracks. One example is the gill net. Gill nets wrap around a shark and, because sharks have to move to breathe and as they can’t swim backwards suffocate, die and, fall to the bottom of the sea, to be eaten by other sharks that also get stuck. This kills sharks but protects beaches in a cruel and, inhumane way. Experimental sonic devices have been used, such as shocking and stunning devices to blind them. Humans fear sharks so much so that they kill them and so, humans kill sharks every day. This makes shark species endangered, and harder to find making them more expensive, only making them killed off even more. While shark meat has been sold for many dollars to foreign eating establishments, fins of sharks have been cut off individually to be used in shark fin soup. They catch sharks cut off the sharks fins and then proceed to put the finless, bleeding and, dying sharks back into the water to be eaten. Many organizations help sharks by preserving them in the wild. Humans can help or kill sharks, and only this generation can stop this. As the shark population decreases fishers make more money on the sharks they bring in. In one year a shark species could go extinct from all the harvesting humans do to sharks. Organizations help by preserving sharks from people killing them. In sanctuaries and special waters sharks are left alone to grow again as a

II Over the years there has been a huge drop in the population of sharks, because of the popularity of Shark fin soup in china, and this can later on lead to the ocean ecosystem to be disrupted, if sharks are extinct.

Many people are unaware of the cruelty that is shark finning, it involves cutting off the sharks fins then throwing them back in the ocean to die a slow and painful death, unaware of the dangers a shark extinction would pose to the entire ecosystem, even though the ocean produces the majority of the oxygen we breathe many people do not care. Luckily we have many great organizations and volunteers that are trying to spread awareness of the cruelty that sharks are forced to endure, companies such as: www.sharksavers.org this organization is currently partnered with many big companies such as natgeo to stop and or lower the consumption of shark fin soup due to the inhumane methods of de-finning them, Shark Savers’ programs result in more protections

Known for their enormous bodies, terrifying presence to some, destructive bite and their fast speed in the water, sharks are definitely one the top predator roaming the ocean. Sharks have been around for more than 400 million years, before even the dinosaurs have walked the earth. Still, sharks are encountering the threat of extinction. According to the research of IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, “a quarter of sharks are threatened with extinction”. Although sharks are recognized as an aquatic, apex predator, they are exploited by the cruel and unjustifiable shark finning industry. The shark fin trade should be stopped because it causes a collapse of the marine ecosystem, endangers the shark species and promotes the mistreatment of animals.

First and foremost, some may say that human life is more important. However, sharks place an important role in the ecosystem since it is one of the top predators in the world. There is some evidence to suggest that the number of sharks declines rapidly every year. According to the research paper “Collapse and Conservation of Shark Populations in the Northwest Atlantic”, the data suggested that a population decline of 89% in hammerhead sharks, 79% in great

“Remember, 10 people a year are killed by sharks, but 3 sharks are killed every second by humans.”(Stop Shark Finning.Net-no specific author). Sharks are being murdered every second for the result of shark fin soup. Sharks don’t deserve this. It is torture for them, and all we want out of this painful experience is soup. Why do they need to kill so many? Well, apparently the requests for shark fin soup is growing. But, I believe the demand for the shark population to survive should be bigger. People say that shark

The extinction of sharks are causing inconsistency to the marine ecosystem. In 2005 the Mexican and United States research team studied that “ecology of coral reefs dies within one year after all sharks in it were killed.” As finning proceed in various areas, tossing back the rest of the shark’s body into the ocean without their fins is an wasteful practice. In addition, not only do we harm sharks, we are also harming the environment. Other factors of pollution includes oil spills, plastic trash and chemical wastes. Sharks plays a big part in the ecosystem by maintaining the marine life. Sharks help “keep populations of other fish healthy and in proper proportion for their ecosystem (WildAid n.p.).” Without sharks, the ocean can be vulnerable

Environmental scientists look for ways to better our world and protect our ecosystem from human destruction. Debate on the regulation of species, climate change, and how to lower emissions, are all things that environmental scientists look at. One of the most recent crisis’, is a problem not within the US, but takes place in China and other parts of Asia, a practice called shark finning. This is where sharks are captured, have their fins removed for food, and then are thrown back into the ocean, alive, to sink and die. The people of China use these fins for food and other medical reasons. Since the process of finning sharks is so easy, the people of China are able to kill them off very quickly.

There are more than 465 known species of sharks living in our oceans today. Sharks are an apex predator at or near the top of their marine food chains, and they regulate the populations of species below them. Research has shown that massive depletion of sharks has cascading effects throughout the ocean’s

The world we live in is so vast and exciting. Seventy percent of our world is liquid water we call the ocean. In the ocean there are many creatures that each are unique in their own way. However, it is possible that in our lifetime, many marine organisms will become endangered or possibly extinct. The loss of these mejestic marine creatures will be caused mainly because of human advancements in which fossil fuels are used to produce energy. Biodiversity is greatly affected by this increase in acidity. As the ocean acidifies, multiple social and economic issues arise. As humans, we rely on the ocean for almost everything. Much of our food, clothing, cleaning products and cosmetics come from the ocean. With the loss of

Did you know that sharks have been here longer than us humans? Sharks have been swimming the oceans for hundreds to millions of years before the first humans are said to have appeared on land. Unfortunately the shark population has been decreasing due to the shark fishing market. People have often thought sharks as predators to the human race; but truthfully, we should fear living in a world with no sharks. Occasionally, over 100 million sharks are killed by humans. These sharks are killed for their fins most of the time, which are considered to be one of the most expensive seafood delicacies in China. However the ways of attaining these fins have caused controversies all over the world.