Working Title - Sharks: More Than Jaws
Main Issues
Shark Species are Threatened
Shark Populations Have Declined
Sharks are Misunderstood
Sharks are not necessarily bad
Shark Species are Threatened
More than 11,400 sharks are killed every hour every day
Almost all recorded shark species have declined by half in the past eight to 15 years
From 1986 to 2000 found that hammerhead shark populations were down 89 percent in the Atlantic
Blue sharks 60 percent decline
Threshers 80 percent decline
Great white sharks declined by 79 percent.
Some Reasons why Shark Populations Have Declined
Asia – Shark Fin Soup
Tuna and Swordfish “bycatching”
``Some fishing processes are actually strip mining the ocean,'' said Dave Schofield, the manager of the aquarium's ocean health program. ``They throw them away like trash. If they aren't already dead from exposure, the ones that swim away are severely stressed and die soon after.''
Misconceptions About Sharks
More than 70 percent of those polled said they believed sharks are dangerous, when in reality 94 percent of the 400 species of sharks are harmless to humans.
Shark attacks are extremely rare. People are more likely to be injured by a hamster or killed by lightning than by a shark.
Improving Shark Popularity
Touching pool where kids can touch sharks and see eggs
``People fear what they don't know,'' said Hotchkiss. ``Sharks have been around for 400 million years and play a critical role in ocean health. We want people to discover that sharks are amazing animals that deserve our respect and need our protection.''
Other Shark Links:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sharks/world/
http://www.aloha.com/~lifeguards/sharintr.html#maintext
http://www.marinelab.sarasota.fl.us/~rhueter/sharks/myths.phtml#mythm
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