Sharks: End of the Line?

A new and alarming report estimates that more than half of the world's sharks are at risk of extinction.

Yet another signal that the continued overfishing of these long-lived, late-to-mature animals is threatening their very existence. Six new sharks were added to the official "red list" : Thresher shark, Silky shark, Shortfin mako, the Pelagic thresher, the Bigeye thresher and the Salmon shark (a relative of the already listed white shark).

You can take action on overfishing on our website www.oceanaction.org and check out the WildCoast campaign to end the practice of shark finning.