Shark Finning and Shark Fishing Pictures |
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Shark Finning and Shark Fishing Photos Showing This Abusive Practice |
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Some species of shark have decreased in number by 80% in the last 50 years. This is not due to the market for shark fin alone. Many sharks are caught by commercial fishing boats as bycatch. Some charter fishing boats fish sharks for sport, though this activity represents a minor number of sharks killed compared to the number taken as commercial bycatch. Sharks have such a nasty reputation, due to movies like "Jaws" and sensationalist TV programs, that it is difficult to motivate the general public to take a stand to preserve our remaining sharks. Some progress has been made toward banning shark finning in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Unfortunately, the rest of the world's oceans are still open to unlimited shark abuse. Be aware that many of these photos are graphic and disturbing.
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Picture of processed shark fins for sale as a soup ingredient in market, Hong Kong, China
Picture #: 076861 |
Image of dead bronze whaler shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus, caught in net used to keep sharks from swimmers at beaches, Margate, South Africa
Picture #: 024417 |
Stock photo of men drying their catch of shark fins, destined to be sold for the lucrative shark-fin soup market. High prices in recent years have encouraged finfishing, an extremely wasteful practice that involves discarding sharks' bodies once fins have been removed, often while the animals are still alive, resulting in a slow, miserable death by starvation. Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar, Andaman Sea
Picture #: 012386 |
Photo of scalloped hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna lewini, killed by shark net illegally set in Galapagos Marine Reserve.The sharks are cut from net by divers, Galapagos, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 012509 |
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Picture of a shark finning camp, Sea of Cortez, Mexico
Picture #: 081921 |
Image of shark fishing, man carries shark ashore for processing
Picture #: 076947 |
Stock photo of gray reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos, killed for fins, Thailand, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean
Picture #: 024304 |
Photo of lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, captured on longline, Bahamas, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean
Picture #: 012503 |
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Picture of assorted sharks for sale at the morning market, Keelung, Taiwan, Republic of China
Picture #: 028211 |
Image of shark fin products on display
Picture #: 021326 |
Stock photo of juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna lewini, fished for fins and meat shark fishery, Bahia de la Paz, Baja, Mexico, Sea of Cortez
Picture #: 024732 |
Photo of Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis, with copepod parasites and fishing line leader, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 008818 |
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Picture of butchered scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, caught in tournament showing unborn fetuses, stomach, and large liver on upper left
Picture #: 012505 |
Image of scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, caught in shark net illegally set in Galapagos Marine Reserve, Wolf or Wenman Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America, Eastern Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 005997 |
Stock photo of sharks on ice, ready to go to market, Trinidad, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean
Picture #: 012516 |
Photo of "sport" fishermen with captured scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, Florida, Atlantic Ocean
Picture #: 012507 |
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Picture of shark carcasses and fins aboard fishing boat, shark finning is one of the world's most destructive fisheries, fins are collected for shark fin soup
Picture #: 012401 |
Image of shark cartilage pills
Picture #: 012519 |
Stock photo of scalloped hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna lewini, in ice bin, ready to go to market, Trinidad, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean
Picture #: 012514 |
Photo of shark skin billfolds
Picture #: 012524 |
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