Murder Mystery: Men and Sharks:EAT ME

collage /drawing by marguerita

Humans kill 73 million sharks every year, nearly all for consumption, mainly in shark fin soup. The fins are cut off and the bodies dumped overboard, a barbaric practice known as finning. Commercial fishermen are taking more and more sharks for their meat as well.

Nearly a third of shark species in the open oceans are threatened with extinction. Losing these top predators creates a cascading imbalance.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/opinion/29wed4.html?_r=1&hpw

Fish and Us: The Sea is being Emptied

There are no fish in the sea here anymore.”
Already, scientists say, the sea’s ecological balance has shifted as species lower on the food chain replace some above them
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/world/africa/14fishing.html?_r=1&oref=slogin