This entry is about the plight of the shark. Globally, sharks are in trouble. These animals date from prehistoric times, and so, as goes the shark, so goes our Mother Earth.
Up to 70 million are killed annually - sometimes for food, sometimes as by-catch (for our unsustainable global fishing industry), and sometimes just for their fins, a commodity used in soup.
Sharks are generally slow-growing, slow-reproducing top predators, so the intensive harvesting is clearly unsustainable. Already, their high prices reflect their scarcity.
The Nature Conservancy, an organization that I have belonged to for more than 20 years, believes that if we can figure out where sharks go to breed and feed, we can design better ways to manage and protect them. So, click this link to the Nature Conservancy, and become involved in their efforts to balance conservation with the realities of our global economy.
7 comments:
Sharks get a bad rap, but they are part of our ecology. Love the Nature Conservancy...they attempt to balance sustainability and responsibility with economic potential. Great organization.
Beth
70 MILLION!!! That's INCREDIBLE!!! Very sad, indeed.... know that I'm doing MY part for ALL the fish in the ocean... I won't eat a ONE!!! = )
Joann
I don't even know what to say. I hate what man has done to this planet and all the other creatures that share it with us. What a shame that it has come to this. We are always trying to save one species or another and every time the reason falls back on the lack of safe-guarding of our planet.
Hugs, JOyce
The Nature Conservancy & Seva are 2 ways I give holiday gifts(even to myself) that I feel really make a difference. Save an acre or save someone's eye sight. Isn't that always better than buy someone a Wii or a fruit cake? I think so. I really wish more people would look into gift giving in that way. It is such a great feeling, & the results are beautiful too. ~Mary
... the problem with man is his disrespect for nature ... I wonder if the callous way we have treated nature is going to be returned and visited upon us ...
... if it is being done already ...
Have been a member of Nature Conservancy for several years. D
great entry! great idea!
Actually my family wants to preserve the sharks too....
too many Asians eat the fin and rip it off the poor shark while still alive; then chunk the rest of the animal back int he water! terrible!
It's a real shame!
thanks for bringing this to the forefront of our attention Ken!
hugs,nat
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