Extinction Soup - Hopefully this will be the next Blackfish

[Chloe]

Probably as they have a nasty habit of eating peole

A wild and irresponsible misconception. The real villain and the real "nasty habit" is the mass slaughter of millions of sharks around the world by people.

[Chloe]

Shark is some good eating, the idiots keep the fins and throw the meat away.

Every second atleast two sharks are slaughtered for shark fin soup. Every single second. It's not about how they taste it's about keeping the species from extinction and in turn saving the overall health of our oceans. Without sharks it's dead.

[Trumpster]

.......... it's about keeping the species from extinction and in turn saving the overall health of our oceans. Without sharks it's dead.

What do sharks contribute to the overall health of our oceans?

If 70 million sharks were not killed each year, how many fish would they have eaten? Tens of billions?

[Chloe]

What do sharks contribute to the overall health of our oceans?

If 70 million sharks were not killed each year, how many fish would they have eaten? Tens of billions?

Are you asking a serious question? I don't know you very well yet.

[resister]

Every second atleast two sharks are slaughtered for shark fin soup. Every single second. It's not about how they taste it's about keeping the species from extinction and in turn saving the overall health of our oceans. Without sharks it's dead.

I have fossilized teeth of 2 extinct sharks, the ocean is still here. I don't think man could ever kill ALL​ the sharks.

[Mister D]

Quite a few laws prohibiting shark finning.

http://www.sharksavers.org/en/our-pr...tecting-sharks

[Trumpster]

Are you asking a serious question? I don't know you very well yet.

Yes, I'm serious. I really don't know the answer as to what the sharks contribute other than eating billions of smaller fish.

[Mister D]

For one thing, they keep prey populations under control and maintain a balance. Removing the top of the food machine will have effects throughout the ecosystem (I hate that word).

[Chloe]

I have fossilized teeth of 2 extinct sharks, the ocean is still here. I don't think man could ever kill ALL​ the sharks.

i'm sorry but that is an extremely ignorant and naive, not to mention dangerous, point of view. See post #20.

[Chloe]

Yes, I'm serious. I really don't know the answer as to what the sharks contribute other than eating billions of smaller fish.

They are the ultimate custodian of the ocean. Injured marine life, sick marine life, dying marine life, even healthy life are all kept in check by sharks, and even sharks keep other sharks in check. They eat much more than just fish as well, especially depending on the shark, and the hundreds of different shark species spread amongst millions of square miles of ocean in all corners of the planet keeps the ocean as a whole balanced. Biodiversity in our oceans is dependent on a healthy and balanced ecosystem. If you remove sharks, or any keystone species really, from an ecosystem then the biodiversity within it is harmed, in some cases destroyed.

Hundreds of millions of sharks are being killed per year by people to satisfy the fishing industry, black market trading, traditional medicines, and so on. We kill faster than the rate of reproduction and we give no time for the affected habitat to recover from the loss. Many of these shark species migrate thousands of miles a year to get to breeding grounds and feeding grounds which means they aren't staying in one little microhabitat, they travel across entire pelagic zones, and not just across but also at different depths from jus off shore where humans play to hundreds of feet down to the darkness for food. And so if they are gone, or even significantly reduced, then entire zones of the ocean can be affected by OUR actions.