Since 2000, Sea Shepherd has maintained a strong, positive presence in the Galapagos Islands. From patroling the Marine Reserve stopping illegal fishing activities, to busting shark finners, to educating the local youth, Sea Shepherd carries out its mission of promoting ocean conservation using a wide range of methods and actions.The Galapagos is our line in the sand. If humanity cannot protect such a unique and diverse ecosystem, we will not be able to protect any ecosystem. The Galapagos is a challenge and battlefield for the effort to halt human greed and destruction. These Enchanted Isles are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and this means all of us have a responsibility to help protect them from illegal exploitation.
Hammerhead sharks and giant devil rays are threatened with extinction, according to the first worldwide conservation survey of the species. A third of open-ocean sharks and rays face the same predicament. Growing appetites for shark meat and for the Asian delicacy shark-fin soup are proving too much for populations of the slow-growing animals, the shark specialist group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature said.
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