Shark

Research on sharks-As a result of Bite-Back’s campaign it is now impossible to buy shark meat in a British supermarket (ASDA previously sold 100,000 portions of shark meat every year) and now only one supermarket (Tesco) is selling swordfish. And when the country’s largest health food retailer, Holland & Barratt, honoured Bite-Back’s request for the removal of shark cartilage capsules across 500 stores it became clear that its campaigns are having a genuine and measurable impact on the way Britain goes shopping.Campaign director for Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “It’s our prediction that 2010 will be a landmark year for Bite-Back breakthroughs and that soon the country will look back in shame that these fish ever appeared on supermarket shelves and restaurant menus.”In the coming weeks, this site will become even more campaign-focussed and deliberate in its mission to halt the trade and consumption of vulnerable fish species, promote sustainable fishing, protect ocean habitats and inspire worldwide respect for the marine environment.
Throughout the world sharks are under such intense attack by Man that their numbers have declined to the point where certain species are now threatened with extinction. The situation in the Red Sea is critical and some areas that were until recently renowned for their richly productive reefs, replete with fish of all sizes, including sharks, have been transformed into desolate habitats where both the coral-reef fish and their primitive predators have been wiped out. Meanwhile the general public is still being fed the misleading old line that the seas are full of man-eating sharks and we must protect ourselves at all costs from them.
The fact is that the demise of the sharks will affect the whole eco-system and sea creatures such as oysters, clams and scallops will disappear
Reflection on articles -
The shark conversation campaign was quite successful hosted by the ‘Bite Back’ company. They had gathered many supporters of saving shark from extinction. A large amount of shark meat has been removed from the sales of the fishmonger restaurants and retailers had take out shark from their menu. I only thought that sharks are being killed for their fins till they are endangered animals but besides being hunt for their fins there are other reasons for sharks to be endangered. For example oceanic pollution could also cause shark to die. Perversely, against this backdrop, shark meat is being popularised by celebrity chefs, trendy restaurants and even supermarkets and, as such, Britain is compounding the worldwide problem of over-fishing, the single biggest threat to the marine environment. Over-fishing is decimating shark populations Over-fishing is decimating shark populations. Actually the fishing industry does not want to catch sharks but most of them being forced to catch sharks faster than they can reproduce, purely because more people want to eat it. When sharks are killed this could affect the food chain, as sharks eat on coral-reef fish that feeds on coral they would have less predator to hunt them and they could reproduce more freely. Hence not just sharks coral would be endangered too.


Shark Conversation Campaign-Fins are Changing
URL Link:http://www.bite-back.com/finsarechanging.htm
Shark and Coral Conservation
URL Link:http://www.sharkandcoralconservation.com/