Shark Finning and Shark Fishing Pictures |
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Shark Finning and Shark Fishing Photos Showing This Destructibe Practice |
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The combination of the shark's slow reproductive rate, and the value to a fisherman of each increasingly rare shark fin harvested, is leading to a global collapse in shark numbers. To give an example, the harmless basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) takes at least 15 years to reach sexual maturity. Their gestation period is from 2 to 3 years, and they give birth to only 4-6 pups. On the other hand, the value in shark fins to a fisherman who stumbles upon one may reach thousands of dollars. The fisherman who elects to not harvest the shark for altruistic reasons can quickly put himself out of business, while the next fisherman, with fewer qualms about killing sharks, can sustain himself and live to fish another day. Add to this that international fishing waters are a competitive free-for-all, and it's clear there is little hope for the world's sharks. Be aware that many of these photos are graphic and disturbing.
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Picture of a juvenile lemon shark, Negaprion brevirostris, caught in gill net, Florida, Atlantic Ocean
Picture #: 012525 |
Image 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 #: 012400 |
Stock photo of dead bronze whaler shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus, caught in net used to keep sharks from swimmers at beaches, Margate, South Africa
Picture #: 024416 |
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 #: 012521 |
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Picture of sharks on ice, ready to go to market, Trinidad, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean
Picture #: 012515 |
Image of shark fin stew, made of juvenile blue shark fins, Prionace glauca, one of the most expensive Chinese cuisine, Tokyo, Japan
Picture #: 013855 |
Stock photo of dead finned hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, with diver on ocean floor, Mexico, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 081938 |
Photo of shark cartilage pills on display
Picture #: 012503 |
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Picture of shark finning, Mexico, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 081894 |
Image of skin care products made from shark liver oil
Picture #: 012522 |
Stock photo of shark fins being cooked in the base of a turtle shell, Jordan, Middle East
Picture #: 014564 |
Photo of Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis, with copepod parasites and fishing line leader, North Shore, Oahu, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 008820 |
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Picture of butchered shark fins drying on top of a fishing boat, Costa Rica, Pacific
Picture #: 076945 |
Image of processed shark fins for sale as a soup ingredient in a traditional Chinese market, Hong Kong, China, Pacific Ocean; shark finning is one of the world's most destructive fisheries.
Picture #: 090157 |
Stock photo of man cutting fin off a Mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, Sea of Cortez, Mexico
Picture #: 081963 |
Photo of Galapagos shark, mano in Hawaiian, Carcharhinus galapagenesis, with marine debris tied around neck, Midway Atoll, North West Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 040097 |
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Picture of dead shark at shark finning camp, Mexico, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 081892 |
Image of shark fins hung on a line, Sea of Cortez, Mexico
Picture #: 081679 |
Stock photo of an advertisement for shark fin soup in Hong Kong market, Hong Kong, China
Picture #: 076831 |
Photo of dead scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini, caught by "sport" fisherman, Miami, Florida, Atlantic Ocean
Picture #: 012506 |
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