Thursday, November 09, 2006

Sharks disappear, because of their fins

The large part of the world population of sharks can disappear into the next 10 years, if the present tendency of the catching of this marine predator is preserved. This communication gives agency Sinhua with the reference to the statement of the defenders of environment.

One third of more than 400 it is specific sharks it is located under the threat of disappearance or it approaches this fateful feature, notes Sara Fowler from the universal organization for the protection of living nature.

fishing can destroy from 50 to 90 percent of the sharks only in 10 years, she stated Fowler, coming out at the conference on the problem of the retention of sharks, which passes to Peking. Yearly because of the fins they kill from 38 about 70 these million earliest predators.

She and other experts, who participate in the conference emphasize that the government and non-government organizations must closely collaborate in order not to allow the barbarous capture of sharks.

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