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Shark Poaching

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Mind Map on Shark Poaching, created by Niall O'reilly on 21/03/2019.
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Mind Map by Niall O'reilly, updated more than 1 year ago
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Shark Poaching
  1. What?
    1. The latest research suggests that around 100 million sharks may be killed annually, often targeted for their fins.
      1. As a result, the oceanic whitetip, porbeagle, and the smooth hammerhead are classified as vulnerable by the IUCN, while scalloped and great hammerhead sharks are classified as endangered.
        1. Hammerhead sharks (smooth, scalloped and great) are at a very high risk of extinction because of shark poaching, unregulated fishing and poaching has destroy their habitat (Cocos, Galapagos)
        2. Shark Protection/Regulations
          1. Global efforts to reduce shark killings/ enforcing laws prohibiting certain species being hunted
            1. Sharks are valuable for our ecosystem, are necessary to sustain our oceans
              1. Shark regulations do not account for international waters and some countries still allow shark fishing and poaching along their coasts.
              2. Food Chain
                1. Overfishing has caused many sharks to die as they no longer have access to the numbers of fish like they are used too.
                  1. Lack of food along the food chain causes the sharks to show unusual behaviour/relates to why they sometimes hunt humans as a substitue for their lost fish
                  2. Market
                    1. The market is the chinese who have shark fin soup as a delicacy
                      1. Fisherman sell the sharks to big organizations for enough money for them, but not the whole worth for a shark
                        1. Taiwanese mafia influence over Costa Rica fishermen and law enforcement (Sharkwater)
                          1. To maximize profits, fishermen dump the shark carcass into the water causing shark populations to drop at a rate the IUCN cannot measure
                            1. Shark based Ecotourism profits said to surpass profits earned by shark fishing/poaching
                            2. Good news
                              1. The demand for shark fin soup has dropped over the past century
                                1. People are starting to realize the importance of sharks, some are banned from being fishing in general

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