#Repost @juansharks (@get_repost) ・・・ This is a Split image of Riley the tiger shark roaming the surface with his dorsal fin out. It so rare for us to see tiger sharks @oneoceandiving. In 20 years of diving the north shore, actively looking for Sharks, I have only seen around 30 deferent individual tiger sharks.. IUCN has tiger sharks listed as a threatened species with less than 30,000 world wide. Tiger sharks have a vital role in our oceans ecosystem, literally the garbage men, taking care of the dead rotten things that no other shark would want to. Also studies show how tiger sharks move different species in and out of areas , like sea turtles so they don’t over graze sea grass. There is so much more yet to be discovered about sharks, but we are running out of time at the rate sharks are being killed. World wide, humans have killed off over 90 percent of shark populations in just the last 50 years and continue to kill over 70 million sharks each year. You can make a huge impact on the survival of sharks by just asking were ur sea food comes from. If it is not sustainably caught from local fishermen DON’T EAT it. The long line fishing fleets are basically destroying our ocean and wasting resources with the amount of by-catch “discarded unwanted fish, most of which is sharks”. Some conservative reports of by-catch average 40 to 50 percent of total catch others report up to 80 percent on long line fisheries. This is not just about the devastation of shark populations, it is about the survival of our ocean. Most of the seafood consumed by humans comes at a cost to the environment that should be unacceptable. There is still a short window of time to reverse the damages but the time to change is now. Support local sustainable fishermen or better yet convert to a plant base diet if u can. #YouCanMakeADifference #Sustainable #seafood #stopsharkfishing #stoplonglinefishing #helpsavesharks #askwhereyourseafoodcomesfrom #supportlocalfishermen or #goplantbased photo by #juansharks using @aquatech_imagingsolutions @cressi1946 @xcelwetsuits @north_sails @guayaki https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx_QnJeAXnj/?igshid=1k4nsktugn6pm
