Scientists Urge Ban Catching Atlantic Shark

A number of marine scientists urged the world's ban on catching of eight species of Atlantic Ocean sharks and set strict limits for the arrest of two other species. This is in effort to prevent deterioration of the animal population because the ten species of Atlantic sharks are at serious risk of being overfished.

"Sharks are particularly vulnerable to overfishing because they reproduce and grow slowly, so that now need international limits on shark catch," the insistence of the as reported by the organizations, non-profit Lenfest Ocean Program. The statement is the result of a meeting of shark experts to study the problem of maritime biological life.

Colin Simpfendorfer from James Cook University, Australia, who led a team of scientists said the shark species around the world are experiencing decline. Partly because the species caught on long fishing lines meant to catch tuna and swordfish.

"Our results show very clearly that there is a critical need to take management action to prevent shark population depletion and maintain ecosystem function," he said. Especially when the number of traditional target fish like tuna and swordfish declines, demand for meat and shark fins increases.

Sharks, including animals that have a high cruising so calculate the remaining populations, including difficult. Shark experts from Australia, Belgium, Croatia, South Africa and the United States using available data on shark populations and risk analysis to predict which species face the greatest risk.

"There are plenty of fish in the ocean, but sharks are different because they do not have too many babies every year so that they reproduce much more slowly," said Charlotte Hudson of the Lenfest program. Therefore, when the adult shark killed, with very rapid population will be reduced.

The group recommends ban on shark fishing bideye type thresher, longfin mako, oceanic Whitetip, porbeagle, common thresher, silky, smooth hammerhead, and Crocodile. They urged a strict limit fishing blue and shortfin mako shark. Their advice is addressed to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), which will have a meeting in Morocco, 17 to 24 November next. ICCAT mostly manages tuna populations, but environmentalists and scientists see this organization as the only body that can impose broad restrictions on the Atlantic to take sharks in tuna fishing tool.

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