Sentences with phrase «declining shark populations»

Jet Airways instituted a policy against the shipment of shark fins, joining a growing number of major international carriers committed to protecting declining shark populations and marine ecosystems.

An international team of researchers studying globally declining shark populations report today that they used carbon isotopes as biochemical markers in shark muscle tissue...

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So far, the information has been cited in more than 50 scientific publications; it has helped researchers analyze shark population declines and identify two new species of colorful fish — the Florida barred hamlet (Hypoplectrus floridae) and the contoy hamlet (H. ecosur).

The hammerhead shark population was the hardest hit, declining 89 percent since 1986.

Hammerhead sharks, which have recently received new protections from the UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, are experiencing drastic population declines in excess of 90 % in several parts of world.

In the 1970s and 1980s, relative abundance data indicated that white shark populations declined, likely due to expanding commercial and recreational shark fisheries.

Declining populations of native aquatic fauna such as euryhaline bull sharks, sawfish and tarpon, important for sport fishing and tourism, could also suffer.

Using the largest data set in the Northwest Atlantic, we show rapid large declines in large coastal and oceanic shark populations.

«Insights on whale shark populations and evidence for their historic rise, recent decline.»

A team of scientists from Canada and Australia has discovered that a decline in shark populations is detrimental to coral reefs.

Shark populations are declining globally, and scientists lack data to estimate the conservation status of populations for many shark speShark populations are declining globally, and scientists lack data to estimate the conservation status of populations for many shark speshark species.

This course will teach you the value of sharks to marine ecosystems and the causes of their declining populations.

Each creature's fleshy analogue has found itself and its comrades on some watch list for nigh extinction: the seas have run dangerously low of our gilled friends; nearly all the world's rhinos have been shot for trophies by some member of the Trump family or their kind; and orca and shark populations have declined precipitously.

Scientists have known about the dramatic decline in shark populations for over a decade, but only now I think it has registered with the general public.

You may also have learned about the connection between the decline of the shark population and the burning and dredging of more coal near their sensitive habitats.

Worldwide, shark populations are in decline due to unregulated fishing, much of it to meet the high demand for fins.

Over the last 50 years, global shark populations have declined by 90 percent as a result of overfishing, which has been exacerbated during the last decades by the growing demand for shark fins, specifically to be used as the key ingredient in shark fin soup.

«Specifically, due to the vulnerable nature of sharks, their rapidly declining population, and the impacts of overfishing for their parts and products, our carriage of these is inconsistent with our commitment to sustainable development.»

As Oceana reports, «In recent decades some shark populations have declined by as much as 99 %.

For example, the oceanic whitetip shark population has declined by 99 % during the second half of the twentieth century.

Shark finning is a cruel practice, and catching sharks for fins is a primary reason for catastrophic declines in shark populatShark finning is a cruel practice, and catching sharks for fins is a primary reason for catastrophic declines in shark populatshark populations.