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    Did you know that vending machines are bigger killer than sharks? And that 10 people are killed by sharks worldwide every year? Yet we continue to kill 10 million sharks every year. Shark culling was implemented in WA in 2013 to protect swimmers‚ with great whites being targeted‚ although 50 species of sharks including great whites‚ are listed as vulnerable‚ endangered or critically endangered. The system isn’t cheap either with the government paying fisherman $610 000 for 107 days of the catch and

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    numbers/who would you contact * Donate to protect sharks “http://www.sharktruth.com/funding “ * Websites * http://www.sharktruth.com * http://www.stopsharkfinning.net/shark-fin-soup.htm * twitter: @stopfinning * facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StopSharkFinning * Who to contact * people in your area who wants to stop restaurants selling shark fin soup What is the long term forecast? Is anything being done? * Shark fin soup is banned in Vancouver thanks to

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    Sharks have been the ocean’s apex predators since 200 million years ago. Yet shark populations have been rapidly declining since humans began the worldwide practice of shark finning. This is the process of removing the fins from sharks then throwing the body back into the ocean left to die slowly. Shark fins are popular targets for fishermen because of their high value although the issues caused by this practice are widespread‚ inhumane and damaging to almost every ecosystem. Shark fins have been

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    I’m researching the Hammerhead shark it has many unique features . It has a oddly shaped head used for hunting . They live near the equator or in tropical waters . They are carnivores and eat about anything and their favorite food is the sting ray . The hammerhead shark is very unique . Their head helps them see and pick up electric waves under water . their head helps them see and hunt . They are carnivores only eat meat favorite is the stingray . Their color is grayish brown and green on the

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    Shark Exploitation/ Shark Finning Shark exploitation is any action of catching sharks from the sea and using their body parts for human use. Shark finning is removing the fins of sharks and either throwing them back into the ocean to bleed to death or kept for other human uses. The shark fins are used as food to make an Asian soup called shark fin soup. Shark finning only uses about one to five percent of the entire shark’s body. The rest of the shark’s body could be used as food for other communities

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    States use nets‚ drum lines and other shark culling measures? The shark is known to be a terror of the ocean that does nothing more than kill human’s‚ at least this is what was think of these creatures until more research was discovered. The truth is that the shark is a beautiful creature that has more than 440 species that is being hunted to extinction. Not many people are killed by sharks‚ as it is more common to be killed by a vending machine‚ than a shark. These creatures do not need to be hunted

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    Sharks are very interesting creatures who practically rule the ocean. Sharks are at the top of the food chain because of their natural born ability to kill‚ eat‚ hunt and fear nothing. Sharks are killing machines‚ killing and eating anything in their path. When people hear the name shark the first thing that comes to mind is blood thirsty killer or Jaws. Can there be a such thing as a nice shark ? Are all sharks ruthless killers ? The two sharks that comes to mind is "The Great White shark" and "Whale

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    Shark: Blood and Dr. Ramos

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    Shark Attack! by Herbert House Biology Department Elon University‚ Elon‚ N.C. It was 5:00 PM on a hot summer afternoon. Eight-year-old Jim Morris‚ wading in the warm current off Florida’s Gulf Coast‚ swam easily toward his sister Amy and his uncle Robert. But the kids’ fun in the shoulder-deep water was cut short by Jim’s shouts of "Get it off me! Get it off me!" Amy’s screams sliced through the peacefully rolling breakers like a knife‚ "Help! A shark has bitten off my brother’s arm! Call 911!"

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    How does the overfishing of sharks have an effect on marine ecosystems? In this report‚ I will explain how the overfishing of sharks has an effect on marine ecosystems. Also‚ I will be touching on the dangers to sharks worldwide and the catastrophic impacts that the mass depopulation of sharks could have on both animals and humans. Overall‚ sharks worldwide are in danger due to the fact that as many as 100 million sharks are killed each year. This has devastating effects on marine ecosystems due

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    New Yorkers bite more people than sharks do worldwide? That is just one startling fact about the chance of a shark attack. What we imagine as a vicious creature is actually is actually a very peaceful and curious creature. All of the sharks are mysterious‚ but the Great White is perhaps the most mysterious and the most endangered of them all. Sharks are vicious looking creatures‚ but are actually curious and fragile creatures. There are about 500 species of sharks‚ but very few will attack a human

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