This is the Hall of Fame for all around the world Sea Shepherd Conservation Society advocates. This is our tribute for supporting our cause and for defending the Oceans and
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Chinese medicine threatens Ningaloo manta rays Manta rays in Western Australia's Ningaloo marine... |
Endangered species for dinner: Hurghada hotels display sharks on buffet tables Two hotels from the Pickalbatros chain in... |
Decrease in shark numbers poses risk to Great Barrier Reef: researcher The Far North's reef shark populations are... |
Carrefour to stop selling shark's fin too after current stock runs out A day after Singapore's biggest supermarket chain... |
Shark hunting at ‘alarming rate’ in Bali Marine scientists have announced that shark hunting... |
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Dead dolphin sparks call to extend set-net ban A rare dolphin found dead in a... |
Sea lions found shot on Puget Sound, US officials say Eight sea lions have been found shot... |
Navy Training Blasts Marine Mammals With Harmful Sonar A coalition of conservation and American Indian... |
90 whales stranded on New Zealand beach A pod of 90 pilot whales beached... |
53 dead fur seals found on SA beach More than 50 New Zealand fur seals... |
Sea cucumbers to save Great Barrier Reef Tropical sea cucumbers and their faeces could... |
Climate change in Arctic could trigger domino effect around the world Professor Carlos Duarte, a leading scientist from... |
Free-for-All in Southern Pacific Decimates Fish Stocks Asian, European and Latin American fleets have... |
Cleaner oceans would boost world economy Cleaner and better-managed seas and coasts would... |
Rising wealth of Asians straining world fish stock Rising wealth in Asia and fishing subsidies... |
Rena penguins attacked by dogs First they were covered in Rena's oil,... |
New Zealand oil spill continues to kill birds A fresh oil leak at a New... |
Hundreds of seabirds caught in Cornish fishing nets in just one day Conservationists are saddened and extremely concerned about... |
Largest bird alters its foraging due to climate change Wandering albatrosses have altered their foraging due... |
Dead oil-soaked birds found along coastline Around a dozen dead guillemots have been... |
More than 40,000 square miles protected for Pacific Leatherback sea turtles The National Marine Fisheries Service finalized protection... |
Climate change impact may force olive ridley turtles to abandon Odisha beaches for mass nesting "Higher degree of erosion at many points... |
Olive Ridley turtles fall prey to trawlers In an alarming development, carcasses of Olive... |
Calls for action on traditional turtle hunting after tourists witness slaughter on Green Island Tourists have watched on in horror as... |
Loggerhead turtles take 45 years to grow up Loggerhead turtles take almost half a century... |
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It wouldn’t be news if I told you our planet has its environmental problems. We’re making some progress in controlling what we put into the air, put into our landfills and even put into our oceans. But we’re not paying enough attention to what we are taking out of our oceans – sharks – and they’re being killed at the rate of up to 73 million per year. That number refers to the number being killed only for their fins and almost entirely to make shark fin soup. You may not really care much about sharks but our oceans account for about half of the planet’s oxygen supply and sharks play a key role in maintaining the health of the oceans...
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