Not exact matches
While there seem to be many young Greenland
sharks around, Nielsen believes many breeding - age
sharks were harvested for oil around the time of the second world war, and because of the time it
takes them to mature sexually, the
population will be recovering for another 100 years.
The porbeagle
shark is hunted for its fins, and
populations could
take decades to recover.
Taking Shark Diving to the extreme, the regular
Shark population comprises 8 different species: Whitetip Reef
Sharks, Blacktip Reef
Sharks, Grey Reef
Sharks, Tawny Nurse
Sharks, Sicklefin Lemon
Sharks, Silvertip
Sharks, Bull
Sharks and Tiger
Sharks.
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.
If we are to conserve the world's remaining
shark populations, management schemes, fishery regulations and trade regimes must
take into account the extraordinary life history of this fascinating group of species.
Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video, Sharkwater
takes you into the most
shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world's
shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.