Sentences with phrase «healthy shark populations»

Pristine reefs, healthy shark populations, uncrowded sites and amazing wrecks can be experienced from a liveaboard visiting the fantastic dive sites of Sudan.

«The area still has healthy shark populations, and released reef or pelagic fish will simply be fast food for sharks,» he cautions.

Not exact matches

The researchers went to Palmyra, a remote atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, where shark populations are healthy, fishing is not allowed and the majority of its near pristine underwater world is rarely dived.

This cove is inhabited by a healthy population of, you guessed it, sharks and sting rays, which visitors can don scuba gear and swim around with.

Dive boats depart for two - tank morning dives and one - tank afternoon dives to any of the 30 + eye - popping dive sites featuring superb walls, healthy reefs, prolific fish populations, crystal clear visibility and many species of sharks.

Known as one of the best dive sites in Asia, Sipadan is lush with coral life, an extraordinary marine ecosystem, and healthy green turtle and reef shark populations.

Due to the intact connectivity of the extensive seagrass beds, desnse mangrove forests, and robust coral reefs, the remoteness of the area, and the history of protection from coastal development, the Gardens of the Queen represents a «baseline» for a nearly pristine Caribbean marine ecosystem; an ecosystem that includes healthy populations of apex predators like sharks and groupers, important grazers like Rainbow parrotfish and long - spine sea urchins, and recovering endangered species like elkhorn coral and hawksbill sea turtles.

«Because sharks are long - lived and slow to mature, they need fully - grown females to keep their populations reproductively healthy,» said Heike Lotze, a study author who is also at Dalhousie.

Plaintiff Oceana, Inc. («Oceana») on behalf of its adversely affected members hereby challenges the unlawful decision of the National Marine Fisheries Service («Fisheries Service» or «Defendants») to adopt and promulgate Amendment 5b to the Highly Migratory Species («HMS») Fishery Management Plan because it failed to establish measures necessary to end overfishing and rebuild the dusky shark population to a healthy level as mandated by the Magnuson - Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act («Magnuson - Stevens Act»).

This unprecedented change in shark populations significantly threatens the sensitive balance required for healthy marine ecosystems, thus endangering the fisheries and economic livelihoods of fishing communities around the world.

But knowing body size is a key component of understanding just how healthy a population of sharks is since the bigger (and therefore older and more well - fed) the better.

Countries are beginning to recognize just how important vibrant shark populations are to healthy ecosystems, and to their ecotourism industries.