Sentences with phrase «shark populations threatened»

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A simple and humane technique may be an effective strategy to reduce human encounters with sharks without harming populations of threatened shark species.

It provides breeding and feeding grounds for at least twenty - five endangered or threatened species; thirty - six marine mammal species, including blue, gray, and humpback whales, harbor seals, elephant seals, Pacific white - sided dolphins, and one of the southernmost U.S. populations of threatened Steller sea lions; over a quarter - million breeding seabirds; and one of the most significant white shark populations on the planet.

And more importantly, it will help boost populations of the roughly 130 threatened shark species that inhabit the waters around Palau, whose territory encompasses 200 scattered islands.

Unfortunately, however, the U.S. proposal --- which is, crucially, legally binding and enforceable --- has thus far met strong resistance from other countries in the trade pact and risks being rolled back, further threatening the shark population.

Decimated by overfishing, by - catch, and shark finning, some shark populations have dropped by over 90 percent and, according to the IUCN Red List, nearly one - in - three sharks and rays are currently threatened with extinction.

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.

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.

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.