shark conservation
Saving apex fish
Shark conservation is the effort to protect shark populations from decline through fishing restrictions, habitat preservation, and public education.
Sharks are apex predators crucial to marine ecosystem balance, but many species face extinction from overfishing—often for shark fin soup—and bycatch.
Shark conservation groups lobby against the fin trade.
- apex predatorUnpreyed-upon dominant hunter
- food chainEcological feeding hierarchy
- gill netsMesh trapping fish mid-swim
- finningSevering aquatic appendages
- marine ecosystemSea's organisms and environment
keystone species · biodiversity · documentaries · plastic waste · ocean acidification · fishing quotas · illegal fishing · habitat restoration · tag and release · catch limits · blue water · climate change · pollution · great white · invasive species · protection · sustainable · legislation
- marine conservationsea turtle rescue, beach cleanup, oil spill cleanup, marine rescue, ocean cleanup
shark conservationshark finning
Removing fins, discarding carcass
overfishing · shark nets · drum lines · bycatch · industrial fishing