AUGUST 4 ~ 2013
http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/7-conservation-wins-for-each-day-of-discoverys-shark-week-2013-85899494193
Every week approximately 2 million sharks are killed, mostly to supply fins as a soup ingredient to Asian markets. One-third of shark species are threatened or near threatened with extinction. They mature late in life, have long reproductive cycles, and produce few young, making them extremely vulnerable to overfishing. Until the mortality numbers are drastically lowered, every week is Shark Week at Pew. Sharks play important roles in keeping our oceans healthy and serving as a source of ecotourism revenue for many countries.
There were seven significant gains in shark conservation since last year’s Shark Week that together will help slow the decline of sharks and secure their survival. Check back each day this week to learn about a different milestone.
1. French Polynesia and the Cook Islands
French Polynesia and the Cook Islands
French Polynesia, a French overseas territory in the South Pacific, declared its entire exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, a shark sanctuary in December and banned commercial fishing of all shark species. With five archipelagos and an EEZ of more than 1.8 square miles (4.7 million square kilometers), the territory effectively protected more than 21 species of sharks in its waters.
Also in December, the Cook Islands declared its EEZ of more than 756,000 square miles (more than 1.9 million square kilometers) to be a shark sanctuary. Combined with neighboring French Polynesia, this constitutes the world’s largest contiguous shark sanctuary—more than 6.7 million square kilometers (2.6 million square miles).
- See more at: http://www.pewenvironment.org/news-room/other-resources/7-conservation-wins-for-each-day-of-discoverys-shark-week-2013-85899494193#sthash.Wk8un6oq.dpuf
This week is the Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week. There’s no better time to take a moment to learn more about these amazing animals. Take our shark personality quiz to find out what kind of shark you’d be!
WHAT'S YOUR SHARK PERSONALITY
U.S. PROPOSAL COULD WEAKEN SHARK CONSERVATION LAWS
The United States’ reputation as a world leader in shark conservation could be tarnished if a rule proposed by the Obama administration moves forward without changes.
GLOBAL SHARK CONSERVATION SANCTUARIES FOR A PREDATOR IN PERIL
Swift, graceful, mysterious, superbly adapted to their environment, sharks have been the apex predators of the oceans since long before dinosaurs roamed the planet. For some 400 million years, they have been the unchallenged rulers of the deeps and shallows of the marine world.
PACIFIC LEADERS CALL FOR OCEANWIDE SHARK PROTECTIONS
Leaders from a dozen countries, states, and U.S. territories across the Pacific Ocean are calling for oceanwide protections for sharks—a move that underscores a growing commitment to ending unsustainable shark fishing in the region.
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"Show a Shark Some Love", Shark Fin Soup PSA
JOE WHELSKI
http://www.youtube.com/user/JWhelski?feature=watch
"Show a Shark Some Love", Shark Fin Soup PSA
JOE WHELSKI
http://www.youtube.com/user/JWhelski?feature=watch
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