The wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic and the Pew Environment Group say most of the main shark fishing nations do not manage fisheries well. 10 years ago, governments agreed a global plan to conserve sharks. An estimated 100 million sharks are killed each year, with nearly a third of species at risk of extinction.Many fisheries target the fins for use in shark fin soup; and a number of countries, including the US, have recently passed measures aimed at regulating the trade. Because as we know many sharks are top predators; and there is an abundance of biological evidence to show their removal can have major impacts on the rest of the ecosystem. Because of this, if amount of sharks is reducing, others amount of race of fishes will going up by very quickly speed. Therefore, marine environment has been infected by these fisheries. this will Of the top 20 shark-catching nations, which collectively account for 80% of the global catch, only 13 have national plans in place. According to this message, we can see many countries catches sharks in illegal way.
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