Sentences with phrase «global shark populations»

This law will help protect global shark populations for many years to come.

Unless we act now, global shark populations will be greatly affected for many years to come.»

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.

I can only speculate but I wouldn't imagine global warming wouldhave had much of an impact on global shark populations to date.Water takes a lot of energy to heat up and changes to globaloceanic temperatures are less noticable than atmospherictemperatures.

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The presence of so many female juvenile sharks may be of considerable significance to the global whale shark populations,» Thorrold said.

FIU scientists have become increasingly concerned about the vulnerable populations of sharks and rays around the world and especially in Belize, where Global FinPrint lead scientist and FIU professor Demian Chapman has worked for nearly two decades on shark conservation.

In the wake of growing global concern over decreasing shark populations and degrading health of marine ecosystems, Humane Society International India has petitioned leading airlines in India to end their role in the international trade in shark fins.

«Sharkwater» argues that the extinction of the shark — a creature whose population has been depleted by 90 percent in the past 30 years — could unbalance the ocean's ecosystem and accelerate the process of global warming.