The Global Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced an update to the classification popularity for 40 sharks and rays species, and it ain’t expedient news.
One of the most 40 species, the Java sting ray, is believed to be perchance extinct now, whereas eight species were placed on the Seriously Endangered list. This means they’re one diminutive step away from joining the dinosaurs.
Commenting on the reclassification Andy Cornish, the leader of Sharks: Restoring the Balance, WWF’s worldwide shark and ray conservation program, acknowledged:
“The worry-bells for sharks and rays might per chance not be ringing louder. The sheer number and type of these animals facing extinction is staggering. Overfishing is by far the absolute most realistic threat and need to be reined in. The very expedient news is that solutions to this crisis finish exist. Governments and the regional fisheries management organizations, which manage fishing in the excessive seas, need to act now and boldly to build up successfully the most threatened species sooner than it’s miles too slow.”
The original listings bring the worldwide total to 355 sharks and rays which were placed on the Inclined, Endangered or Seriously Endangered lists.
Sam Helmyhttps://www.deeperblue.com
Sam Helmy is a TDI/SDI Trainer Coach, and PADI Workforce and Trimix Trainer. Diving for 28 years, a dive professional for 14, I private traveled broadly chasing my ardour for diving. I am hooked in to all the pieces diving, with a enthusiastic hobby in exploration, Sharks and expansive stuff, Photography and Decompression theory. Diving is surely the one and absolute most realistic ardour that has stayed with me my entire life!
