Monday, March 8, 2010

Reflective Journal 1-(Posted on 9/3/10)

Shark Conservation Act of 2008 Moves to the U.S. Senate
http://http//www.blueotwo.com/news.cfm?nid=735 (URL)

Shark Conservation Act of 2009
http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/federal_legislation/wildlife/shark_conservation_act_of.html (URL)

Short summary: It tell us what the people do in order to protect those shark and the act take place from 2000 but it does not work.

Reflection: I do not even know that there is a shark’s conservation act and that act has move to U.S. Senate before I started on my project. When i just read the title, i thought it only started during 2008 but when I read, the act started 2000 but it is those people who do not care about it and went killing sharks and hunting for Shark Fin illegally. Although it killing sharks was banned but the people do not care as enforcement is complex and there is also rooms for cheating. I also do not know that the sharks conversation act in Senate was introduce by Senator John Kerry after the House vote too. After i read it, I just know that sharks are very importance creatures in maintaining healthy ocean ecosystems. There is also a project that is made up by the International Coral Reef Initative, regional, environmental and academic organization, they will met and released a recommendation on improving shark conversation for coral reef resiliency. Before I read the Shark Conservation Act of 2008, I never thought that the shark is being killed for about 100 million each year by humans.

This Picture show what happen to shark when the people remove their fins from their bodies

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