It’s time to end the practice of shark finning

Grist by John Kerry, John Ford | Aug. 3, 2009 (Opinion)

Sharks are the ocean’s top predators. They sit at the apex of the food chain, and their presence balances out the populations of the ecosystem.

They’ve roamed the seas since hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs, adapted to perfection for their habitat and purpose. But many species of shark are now facing extinction because of finning.

Sharks are often large, slow-growing, and slow to reproduce. They just can’t be ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Sci/Tech
Topics: Environment
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Aug 4, 2009 - 8:14 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Tanya J. Maurer (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Aug 4, 2009 - 8:14 PM PDT

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Aug. 4, 2009

The piece gets most of the elements of the story together in one short article. Important and readable.

I highly recommend the movie Sharkwater.

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Tanya J. Maurer
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 by Tanya J. Maurer - Aug. 5, 2009
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