With an estimated population of no more than 19, the world’s smallest marine mammal, the Vaquita, is listed by the IUCN as Critically Endangered. The Vaquita was discovered in the 1950s and first described in 1958 in “Journal of Mammalogy” – that’s very recent, because the species has been around for over 2.5 million years. …
IS this not something we can ALL agree to? Shark fin fishing is illegal in U.S. waters, but those caught outside of U.S. waters can still be sold here. We NEED to make sale and possession of shark fins Illegal before there are no more sharks in the oceans!.
A worldwide study with a team of international scientists came to some alarming conclusions regarding shark populations on the world’s reefs. The Global FinPrint survey found that sharks were “functionally extinct” on 20% of the 371 reefs surveyed in 58 countries. This means that their numbers are too small for them to play their crucial role in …
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