Shark Populations

[Bob Murphy]

Hi Guys,
the purpose of this thread is to gain a better understanding of global shark populations. Fishing and finning sharks has dramatically reduced their numbers worlwide and, indeed, wiped them out in some areas.
Removal of the apex predator from any ecosystem is disastrous.
What are we doing?
Well Global Shark Survey in conjunction with Project Aware are conducting a survey with which they can try to implement changes and, hopefully, make our oceans more like they ought to be.
The survey is online and takes 5 minutes Global Shark Assessment

PLEASE HELP. It needs all divers, whether you have seen thousands or none at all and all ages, even if you no longer dive (for example: there WERE sharks in Jamaica years ago and now there are not). Any info you can provide is essential.

 

[Jim Ernst]

Bob.

Have you seen the Movie **SharkWater**

 

[Bob Murphy]

Not seen all of it yet, it has not been released officially in Thailand. Where this would not normally present a problem in this part of the world, it is not widely known here, especially outside the dive community.
What I have seen was quite harrowing.

 

[Jim Ernst]

Not seen all of it yet, it has not been released officially in Thailand. Where this would not normally present a problem in this part of the world, it is not widely known here, especially outside the dive community.
What I have seen was quite harrowing.

I see..

I have to say it was hard to get to see it here in the States as well, The closest it got to Sacramento was about 100 miles away and so I didn't get to see it either until I just happened to see the DVD in Costco.

I hope you get the chance to see the entire movie , It really is an eye opener as to what man is doing to this planet!

 

[seaducer]

I participated. Kind of sad, most of my divers are sans sharks, and even ray sightings are getting fewer.

Sadder still, about 50% of the southern stingrays I encountered this past weekend, 5 dives in teh West Palm Beach area of Florida were stub tailed.

Is this getting common? People lopping off the tails of rays?