Shark attack survivors plead to protect the endangered sharks
September 14th, 2010 - 7:58 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattSep 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Nine shark attack survivors have teamed-up to help protect fishes including sharks. The group wants world leaders to take steps to ensure that sharks and other fishes that are endangered are protected. One out of three sharks are listed endangered with some expected to go extinct if measures are not taken to resolve the problem.
The group and Global Shark Conservation for the Pew Environmental Group held a joint press conference at the United Nations on Monday to draw the attention of world leaders to the way fishes are managed in the world. The group fears that due to nonexistent scientific ways to check how many fishes can be pulled out of the sea, the creatures are becoming seriously threatened.
One of the survivors of shark attack, 44 years old Debbie Salamone from Florida said if they (victims of shark attack) see the need to protect the creatures, then everyone should see the same reason. Debbie’s Achilles tendon was bitten off in a shark attack in 2004.
The group hopes that world leaders will move to make rules that will protect the fishes. Among some of the things the group want world leaders to stand up against is Finning. Finning is the practice where fishermen catch the live fish and cut off their fins for a ready market in Asia. They then return the fish back into the sea, drowning it in the process or causing it to bleed to death. Shark fins are use to make sumptuous soup in Asia.
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