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Not exact matches
It is tough, they say, to sort
out whether fish
populations are hit harder by human fishing, the
sharks» appetite, climate change or some other environmental shift.
In this video I head underwater to check
out the local
population of manta rays, whale
sharks, and coral life; meet up with some new friends -LSB-...]
While there I head underwater to check
out the local
population of manta rays, whale
sharks, and coral life; meet up with some new friends who make their living selling art in town; and recuperate from a bout of malaria I unfortunately caught while there.
In this video I head underwater to check
out the local
population of manta rays, whale
sharks, and coral life; meet up with some new friends who make their living selling art in town; and recuperate from a bout of malaria I unfortunately caught while there.
Two environmental groups have put
out a fresh call to the United States to strengthen the
Shark Finning Prohibition Act, a 2000 law aimed at blunting the illegal trade in shark fins that biologists say has devastated shark populations worldwide in the last decade o
Shark Finning Prohibition Act, a 2000 law aimed at blunting the illegal trade in
shark fins that biologists say has devastated shark populations worldwide in the last decade o
shark fins that biologists say has devastated
shark populations worldwide in the last decade o
shark populations worldwide in the last decade or so.
They're a distinct
population from the other two, and have specific migration routes, including heading
out to White
Shark Cafe off Hawaii for part of every year.
A team of scientists led by Stony Brook University's Institute for Ocean Conservation Science has figured
out that dusky
sharks and copper
sharks — both heavily hunted for their fins, with the dusky
shark species classified as threatened by the IUCN — have distinct
populations living along different areas of coastlines.
By looking closely at the «zip code» embedded in the DNA of the fin, the researchers can pinpoint from which
population that
shark came, and therefore get a step closer to finding
out who is exploiting the species.
Stony Brook University reports that a team of scientists led by the university's Institute for Ocean Conservation Science has figured
out that dusky
sharks and copper
sharks — both heavily hunted for their fins, with the dusky
shark species classified as threatened by the IUCN — have distinct
populations living along different areas of coastlines.
This strategy can be expanded to other
shark species with similarly distinct
populations — and that can go a long way in pointing
out where laws against
shark fishing need to be enacted or better enforced.