Several species of open water sharks are on the
verge of extinction as they continue to be caught and finned by illegal
fishing. The fishing of certain sharks has been banned but illegal fisheries
continue to kill them for their fins. The shortfin mako, silvertip, sand tiger,
oceanic white tip, bigeye thresher, pelagic thresher, and porbeagle sharks are
all in danger of disappearing of the face of the earth. Soupfin sharks, great
white sharks and pacific sleeper sharks are so endangered that they could die
out any day now. Meanwhile, blue sharks and tiger sharks are decreasing in
numbers rapidly and may soon die out.There is but 1% of the original population
of the porbeagle shark left since their discovery. The same is true for the
smooth hammerhead, dusky and bull sharks.
The world must now fight for the lives of the sharks WE have
killed. WE killed them and now WE must save them. If one shark species dies
out, it will be OUR fault. WE must stand together and fight for the shark's
rights.
