Overfishing: Oceans Are Dying
Overfishing takes place when the fish are captured at a faster rate than they are able to reproduce. Today, 90 percent of the sea species at the top position in the marine ecosystems food chain or biggest predators, such as tuna, cod, sword fish and sharks have practically been eliminated or are in a situation of critical decline. The result is an
Bluefin Tuna
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Sharks
Over 8,000 tons of shark fins are processed each year. The fins only amount to 4% of a shark's bodyweight. This means that some 200,000 tons of shark are thrown back into the sea and discarded. Already 18 species of sharks have been listed as endanger...
Whales
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The End of the Line
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Currently we have already depleted 90 per cent of apex predators that inhabit the oceans worldwide. Oceans have become floating slaughters of wild marine fauna much more cruel than abattoirs of domestic animals on land. What we would never tolerate in these places of horror is actually taking place in the oceans on wild species: socially complex and intelligent species such as whales can last up 45 minutes to die after being shot by an explosive harpoon on their backs, baby harp seals are skinned most of them alive, sharks, millions of years of earlier existence than human, are mutilated for their fins and thrown still alive at sea every day, dolphin, orcas, small cetaceans, and many others are captured in violent hunts, splitting up strong family links to satisfy the increasing demand from marine parks and human entertainment. Preserve and conserve diversity of all marine wildlife, from large marine mammals to tiny plankton, is crucial for our own survival. This is not an attitude for the animal right but a vital stand for life in this planet and future generations, oceanic and terrestrial. The following countries are collaborating in the slaughter of wild marine species and in the depletion and unbalance of marine ecosystems, putting at risk the fragile ecosystem that support us:
Aboriginal subsistence whaling Canada grants whaling to various Inuit groups around the country. The United States permits to Alaskan natives Inupiat the hunting of Bowhead and Gray whales in Alaskan waters and grants to Makah tribe to resume whaling. Russia grants to Chukotka Autonomous Okrug tribe under IWC regulation to take up to 140 Gray Whales per year from the North-East Pacific Indonesia is permitted to hunt some Cachalots and dophins and several species of sharks. Other slaughters Hunters for their disgrace hobby of killing any wild animal.
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