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	Sharks under threat
balthazarus
11-10-2008 10:15 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ef51c1b7-4d2b-4bb6-878b-7669478c4c03/C5215D82-309D-4D3B-B00C-F12EBC12C4D5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530421" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530421" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530421"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/04A68BD8-10A5-45DA-B3F2-FEE842098D21" alt="Gulper shark" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530421"><P>Gulper sharks are a large common deep-water dogfish which is classed as 'vulnerable'</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530418"><P>The whitefin tope shark is on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature endangered species list</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530415" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530415" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530415"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/A3824226-DB83-423F-ADF3-7E1F929BAD71" alt="Sawfish " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530415"><P>Sawfish have a saw-like snout, called a rostrum which is covered with motion- and electro-sensitive pores that allow them to detect movement and even heartbeats of prey buried in the ocean floor</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530412"><P>Guitarfish can reach up to 5 or 6 feet in length and feed on crustaceans on the seabed </P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530408" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530408" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530408"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/3EC73A55-CBE3-455A-AA51-E98D8A9C72E3" alt="Angel Shark" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530408"><P>Angel sharks are bottom feeders and hide in seaweed or under sand before lunging at their prey </P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530404" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530404" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530404"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/09A62C5D-A6B8-447C-9B23-006E12B2FCB6" alt="Spiny Dogfish Shark Squalus acanthias  killed in fishing net " /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530404"><P>Spiny dogfish shark found dead in a fishing net. It is also known as the spurdog, greyfish or piked dogfish. In Europe it is often sold as 'rock salmon' or 'sea eel' </P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530401" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530401" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530401"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/EFA3A05D-1FF3-4112-8DEF-D2EC61C0AA42" alt="Common skate Dipturus batis" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530401"><P>Common skate before it is tagged and released alive</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530395" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530395" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530395"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/624E9F27-03AE-41C0-AC8D-8A613A0D70B1" alt="Bigeye Thresher Shark" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530395"><P>Bigeye thresher sharks are slow growing and threatened by commercial fisheries. Sharks are hunted for liver oil, skin and fins</P></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530392" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530392" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530392"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/39314111-E17A-479C-894A-BBC5DF38C660" alt="Basking Shark Feeding on Plankton in the North Atlantic Ocean" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2008/nov/10/endangeredspecies-fishing?picture=339530392">Basking shark feeding on plankton in the Atlantic Ocean</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C5215D82-309D-4D3B-B00C-F12EBC12C4D5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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