A Disapearing Predator
Every year millions of sharks die due to habit destruction, commercial fishing, pollution, a variety of uses for parts of the sharks, and killings as a result of worldwide fear of sharks. The Great White, a species of sharks, get killed because they are universally feared. People thoughtlessly kill sharks because their lives appear in danger and they don’t take the time to consider that killing sharks affects the ecosystem. Lemon sharks, now rapidly disappearing, see their nursery grounds, the mangrove swamplands in Florida, becoming neighborhoods for Florida’s growing population. Commercial fishing, the biggest offender, effects all sharks especially the Blue Shark. Every year the Taiwanese and Korean squid drift netters kill over two million Blue Sharks worldwide (Woog 36). Too many sharks get pointlessly slaughtered every year. This trend needs reversing before the decline of the shark population cannot recover. The extinction of sharks most likely causes an extensive reaction in the oceans ecosystem. Unfortunately, solutions to the sharks’ problems become increasingly difficult to deal with because of all the variables involved. The area where most shark killings occur, like international waters and the territor
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Approximate Word count = 2166
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)
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