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| Send e-cards to your friends and family |
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| Help spread the word about the plight of sharks by sending a free ecard to your colleagues, friends and family. |
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| Stop Shark Finning |
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Finning is the process of cutting off shark fins (often while the shark is still alive) and discarding the body at sea. Finning occurs worldwide, in commercial and artisanal fishereries, with finned sharks including both those caught as bycatch and those directly targeted.
Demand for shark fins comes primarily from the market for shark fin soup, a prestigious commodity in many Far Eastern cultures. Most sharks grow slowly, mature late and give birth to only a few pups, consequently shark populations are declining rapidly and recovery is slow, if at all.
Find out more about the Stop Shark Finning Campaign!
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| Basking Sharks: The Impact of Man |
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Support the Shark Trust campaign to determine the extent of man's impact on Basking Sharks.
Basking Sharks are the UK’s largest shark species. Long lived, slow growing and producing only a few offspring, Basking Sharks are very susceptible to exploitation. Historically overfished, their population has collapsed and this shark is now listed as ‘Endangered’ on the IUCN’s Redlist.
The Shark Trust, in conjunction with the Marine Conservation Society and the Wildlife Trusts, is requesting boat operators and members of the public report instances of damaged or dead shark in order to better understand this problem.
Find out more about the Basking Shark Campaign!
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| Shark cartilage - a bitter pill? |
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Sharks cartilage is commonly sold as a health supplement, despite a lack of evidence that commercial supplements have health benefits. Although cartilage is usually a by-product of shark fisheries, all commercial products provide added incentive for unsustainable fisheries. The Shark Trust supports full utilisation of sharks landed, but the market for these supplements is unsustainable while cartilage is procured from endangered species. Shark cartilage products are commonly sourced from Spiny Dogfish or Blue Sharks, both of which are listed in the 2006 IUCN Red List as Vulnerable. Continued sale of these products threatens to deplete vulnerable populations.
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