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Murcia Region Ecologists in Action wants to disprove this canard, and that these events did not occur at Portman but in waters of Tunisia, according to information that was able to gather this partnership, sources have confirmed end of the Oceanographic Institute.
In this context, Ecologists in Action remember exactly his sailboat Goddess Maat officially began this past August in Cartagena, a campaign in collaboration with the Alliance Sharck called "The predator become the prey" in defense of conservation sharks.
This is to show the society that, far from any myths about sharks, which are threatened they are and not us.
In the Spanish Mediterranean coast there are only two cases of attacks in the last 200 years, and none were fatal.
This figure is really nothing compared to the cases of jellyfish stings that occur each year in our shores, and constituting each summer the attention of thousands of bathers from these bites.
However due to various myths, fueled by some movies, people see a great danger in the presence of sharks in our seas, some otherwise normal, but reality shows that are more sharks to be afraid of humans, as for instance in the Mediterranean some of the most emblematic species such as the thresher sharks, hammerhead sharks, mako shark and have been in decline in recent decades close to 99%.
With this campaign, which carries out the Velero Diosa Maat is to inform the public of the high danger to many species of sharks due to shark fisheries are not managed properly, ie are not sustainable.
There is almost no limit on shark fishing and few protection measures for threatened species.
In fact, as denouncing the campaign, many people use these shark species without really knowing what you are eating.
So one of the objectives is to raise the consumer is aware of what they buy, to get reduce the demand for this type of species.
IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) has classified 17% of the world's shark species, including rays and chimaeras, and endangered species and believes that an additional 13% is close to the threat.
Until recently, much of the shark catch was accidental, but the growing demand for fins in Asian markets means that the amount of fishing of these species increases.
The "finning" involves cutting the fins of sharks, still alive, and cast into the sea where they die without remedy.
Throwing the body into the sea makes available more storage space on fins only a waste of 95% of the shark's body and considered a cruel practice.
In 2009 the European Union approved a plan of action for sharks that invites members to enforce this prohibition.
In response, the Spanish Government is the first opponent of this tightening of the legislation due to its leading role in shark fisheries ranking as 4th in the world in catches and the leading supplier of blades for the market of Hong Kong, accounting for 50% of the total European catch shark.
As part of this campaign are gathering signatures to petition the government to toughen fishing policy in this regard, to regulate the practice as cruel as Finnigan.
To help you just have to get on the link below:
http://www.ecologistasenaccion.org/spip.php?article12242
Source: Ecologistas en Acción
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