Shark finning

Declined in shark population breaks stability of The marine ecosystem The shark, the predator that stands on top of the food chain. However, its number has declined since the 1970s due to human destruction, and it will affect the stability of the food chain (Dudley, and Cliff 243-255). For instance, in Aldo Leopold’s paper, A Sand County Almanac, he claims each specie’s importance in the food chain is the link to the other specie “The lines of dependency for food and other services are called…

People should stop eating or consuming shark fin soup Do you agree fin soup is unhealthy ? Does it effect the environment? How many sharks being killed because of fin soup ? Shark finning is the process of cutting sharks fins and make soup from it is known as shark fin soup it is considered as a part of Chinese culture while test come from soup ingredients. It is commonly served at special occasions such as weddings or as luxury item in Chinese culture . Sharks finings is harmful for…

Sharks: Finning and Management As the human population continues to increase, the demand for food also increases. An estimated 15 percent of consumed animal protein come from marine fish, and an overall 90 percent of the predatory fish, at the top of the food chain, are declining (Human, n.d). Hammerhead sharks, particularly scalloped hammerheads are the most threatened because of their fins and meat. The methods used for capturing this rare species are wasteful and cruel, and their decline is…

Introduction Shark finning is the removal of a shark's fins. After the fins are removed, the rest of the shark is thrown into the ocean. Sharks need their fins to swim, breath, and help them move towards their prey. Without their fins, sharks cannot live . When the sharks are thrown back into the ocean, they immediately start to sink. They have no fins to help them swim or catch their prey. They slowly fall to them bottom of the ocean, where they will die one of three ways : suffocation, being…

last call to action which involves shark finning. Brian Walsh is a writer from Time magazine and he did an article on Sharks and how they are becoming extinct as the years go on. “International Union for the conversation of Nature estimates that as many as a third of all shark species are threatened or near threatened with extinction.” Sharks have been around for millions and millions of years, they’re magnificent creatures that many people like to marvel at. If sharks were not around things…

his documentary with the intention of destroying the bad reputation that society and the media has put on sharks. Stewart also highlights in his documentary how humans have cruelly made sharks the prey and the enemy for decades. Ethos, pathos, and logos played a very important role in Sharkwater, and was strategically used throughout the documentary in order to persuade the audience that sharks aren’t the enemy, and shouldn’t be treated as such. Pathos, the appeal to one’s emotions, was heavily…

Discovery’s Shark Week possesses the influence to seriously impact people’s view of sharks. However, are they successful in dispelling phobias surrounding sharks or do they encourage fear? Shark Week holds the largest audience for ocean science documentaries and shows. They also provide the largest source of shark related news, so they can reverse the public’s beliefs. Psychological research indicates viewer’s opinions are intimately linked to what they have observed onscreen. This allows the…

with sharks, interviewing people, and he narrates the entire film. He travels to Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands to show us that sharks aren’t the deadly creatures we make them out to be, yet over one hundred billion are killed annually. The thesis of this film is clear when Stewart says how, “the one animal we fear the most is the one we cannot live without.” Our understanding of sharks is mediatized and completely inaccurate. Not even twenty minutes into the film and you can see sharks…

What animals do you think of when you think of the ocean? Maybe a shark or some coral reefs, now what animals do you think of in Africa, maybe a gorilla or an elephant and a rhino. Well you may have to start thinking about different animals, because thanks to illegal animal poaching these animals may be extinct in our lifetime based on the amount of illegal poaching that is happening. When I heard this news my jaw hit the floor, but thanks to illegal animal poaching of endangered animals this…

frightened of them? Ever since “Jaws” people have viewed Sharks as ferocious, dangerous man-eating monsters out to attack anyone who dares come into the water. The fact of the matter is that one-fourth of Shark populations is endangered of going extinct. After over 450 million years on this planet, Sharks have the possibility of extinction due to inadequate laws to protect them from actions such as finning, by catching, and habitat depletion. Sharks are an essential part of the ocean 's…