Sharks swim closer to extinction (BBC)

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By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website

More than half of the world's ocean-going sharks are at risk of extinction, a new analysis concludes.

Specialists with IUCN (formerly the World Conservation Union) found that 11 species are on the high-risk list, with five more showing signs of decline.

Sharks are particularly affected by over-fishing as they reproduce slowly.

The scientists are calling for global catch limits, an end to the practice of removing fins, and measures to minimise incidental catches (bycatch).
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"In fact they're becoming species of serious concern because there are no international catch limits for sharks. There are intense fisheries on the oceans, and they remain pretty much unprotected."
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7413948.stm

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1. The "Human Race Death Machine" continues to kill everything

it comes in contact with.

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2. k & r

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3. Some depressing graphs of shark populations:

N. Carolina shark populations
Cascading effects of the loss of apex predatory sharks from a coastal ocean
http://www.globalshark.ca/pressmaterial/cascading/pressmaterial.php?sub=28&pmid=7