Sharkwater/Shark Fins

The film Sharkwater does an incredible job of showing sharks as they really are: intelligent and powerful creatures who, like everything else on earth, just want to survive.

Sharkwater shows that it is in our own best interest to protect sharks. For the first time in the 450 billion years that sharks have been on this planet, there are certain species of sharks that are facing serious threats of extinction. Once again, human beings plow through other life in pursuit of the almighty dollar without acknowledging the long term consequences. The planet consists of two-thirds water and this water contains a lot of plankton that produces most of the planet's oxygen. The ocean is filled with fish that survive on plankton and the shark is the ocean's leading predator of these plankton eaters. If we kill off all the sharks, then the other fish will eliminate the plankton, which means a decreasing production of oxygen for us to breathe. Why do we always assume that our actions have no consequence? And why do we always put money ahead of preservation?

It's absolutely ridiculous that there is so much ecological unrest just for soup. What I find absolutely evil is when sharks are caught, their fins are chopped off immediately and THE REST OF THEIR BODY IS DISCARDED, OFTEN WHILE STILL ALIVE. They are left to drown and bleed out to death. Clearly some humans are far more cruel and wasteful than these sensitive ocean dwellers.

It's wonderful news that toronto has banned the sale of shark fins. I don't really care about tradition as much as I care about the life of another breathing living being. I hope the rest of the country and every other country follows suit.