The Beacon
Atlantic Sharks Face Extinction
The release of the first ever IUCN Red List of Threatened Species assessment of northeast Atlantic sharks, rays and chimaeras reveals that 26 percent are threatened with extinction and another 20 percent are in the Near Threatened category.
And the figures may be an underestimate as there is insufficient data to assess more than a quarter of species.
It's no surprise that the report attributes the sharks' demise to -- guess what? -- overfishing, bycatch, and shark finning, all of which Oceana works to stop.
2 Comments
November 13, 2008 - 18:29
Auto reply from DR.LARK and my reply to them.....
Dear Reader,
Ocean Actives Squalane is obtained from sharks in the deep waters of the
Mediterranean that are fished for their meat under strict EU
regulations. Shark has been a staple food in areas around the
Mediterranean for thousands of years. The squalane in Ocean Actives
Squalane is extracted from the livers of these sharks--so there is
absolutely no waste.
If we may be of any further help, please reply to this email.
Sincerely,
Dr. Lark's Customer Service Team
Thank you so much for you auto response but if you read this letter you will see that there is more to this then you brushing it off and making yourselves feel better "because the are a source of food and nothing goes to waste". Might I suggest you re-read what I sent before sending this sad excuse of an auto response. Thanks for your time!!!!
-Andrea
emily
November 14, 2008 - 11:05
thanks for trying
Andrea,
Even if you didn't get a satisfying response from customer service, I'm sure your e-mail made a difference, so thanks for trying. Let's keep putting pressure on Dr. Lark to stop sacrificing sharks for beauty.
Emily
(Emily Fisher is Oceana's online editor.)