summary: The articale I found was all about endagered sharks and the things the U.S are doing to help them. There are over half a dozen different speceis that are illegal to hunt here in the Atlantic coast . Four of the six types are the scalloped, smooth and hammer head along with the ocean white tip. These along with two other sharks can not be targetted or kept if accidently caught. Along with this passing we learned that it adds to the only other shark that was preasant on the list before which is the big eye thrasher. Upon learning this we also find that over 50% of all free swiming sharks are endangered. There are however some draw backs to these passings, since these laws are only for the Atlantic this means sharks are know more likely to swim in the Atlantic ocean. Which to be honest is a tad scary. But it is for the best seeing as we do not want sharks to go totally extinct.
review: I was actually really surprised in reading this article. I think it mainly has to do with the fact that you never hear about endagered sharks. I found the articel really infromtive and interasting. But I'm not ggoing to lie i really don't like the idea of more sharks swimming in the Atlantic ocean. It is a really scary thing to think about. Even though there are rarley shark attacks. Another interasting thing was that this was only for the Atlantic ocean. In other oceans it is okay to fish for these sharks. In fact in china they even use them in soups. But it was a really good article.
We should be setting up conservation efforts to help endangered sharks. There is no reason to kill them because they will not hurt you if you leave them alone. We should save the sharks. Snother animal thaat was extinct was Bald Eagles. There were conservation efforts for them and they have been saved.
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What are they doing to help save the sharks?
Who is helping to save the sharks?
If we do not bother the sharks, are we safe?
When I read this summary, I was very surprised that a large amount of sharks are endangered. If they are as vicious as most people perceive them to be, then they shouldn't be low in numbers. They should be able to fight their way to survive, given their generally massive size. Especially living in the Atlantic, there should be enough food, space and water (obviously) to survive.
ReplyDeleteFortunately, we are doing our best to keep these animals alive. Its good to know that there are laws that are protecting sharks and other species from becoming extinct. Without these laws, many species have a chance at becoming extinct, which would usually make matters worse for the others.
The article summary got me thinking about not only the Atlantic Ocean, but also the Pacific Ocean. If you think about all the asian countries that use shark meat in their dishes. Countries in this region have harvested sharks in increasing numbers to provide the raw material for sharkfin soup. Usually sharkfin soup is only given to the elite, but there has been an increase in demand due to the regions growing wealth. We should not only monitor the sharks in the Atlantic but the Pacific as well due to the increase of sharks being killed for their meat.
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