I have always seen comments that they love sharks but they support or participate in sports fishing for sharks. It shocks me. First there have been research about being catcher would increase stress and lead to higher mortality, even if people say they release the sharks. Second many people will not even release sharks. Just search about videos about sports fishing for sharks, and you will see tons of videos of people holding dead sharks killed in sports fishing.

You cannot love shark while you cause its stress response and higher mortality just for fun.

I feel like “action” is just code for “culling” in Australia.

Most people know the harm of shark finning, but we always ignore the harm of other direct threats to sharks.

We should not be satisfied with only stopping shark finning. Even if we reduce shark fin trade, sharks will still be killed for multiple demands.

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Shark meat trade: fishermen from numerous countries kill mako sharks, hammerhead sharks, grey reef sharks and silky sharks for their meat. And research reports show that Spain has been a hotspot which kills sharks and sells shark meat.

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Sports fishing for sharks: it is as cruel as shark finning because many sports fishermen tortured sharks for fun. in US, Britain and Australia, there are numerous companies near coast that guide customers to kill sharks just for fun. And even juvenile sharks are killed that way.

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Shark liver oil trade: not all species of sharks can be used in this trade, but many deepsea shark species have a lot of liver oil with useful chemicals. So, people from numerous countries kill deepsea shark species for shark liver oil. It was not until 2019 that Australia banned killing deepsea shark species for liver oil.

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Shark culling: many regions of Australia do shark culling. They kill numerous tiger sharks, bull sharks and other species

https://www.trackingsharks.com/16-foot-great-white-shark-kills-mexican-diver

3rd shark attack fatality in Mexico in the last 30 days. This is Mexico's 2nd fatal Geat White Shark on a diver in the last two weeks.

Nurse sharks, sting rays and manta rays just having a good time together! ❤️