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« on: Today at 01:51:00 pm »How Western scientists think:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/shark-species-may-world-largest-120308346.html
Why must you manage them? Just let them go extinct! But no:
https://www.facebook.com/NOAAFisheries/posts/836805548491826?ref=embed_post
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Not humans, just Westerners, especially Western scientists. Marine biology is unique to Western civilization:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_biology#History
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So little is known about Pacific sleeper sharks that experts don’t know how many exist, the extent of their movements or how they reproduce, according to a newly published study.
“Adult Pacific sleeper sharks are rarely encountered. No pregnant female has ever been retained,” NOAA Fisheries reported in an April 15 news release.
“This has led scientists to believe that mature sharks may live in abyssal habitats, 3000-6000 meters deep (9,842 feet to 19,585 feet). Very large sharks — up to an estimated 23 feet — have been caught on submersible cameras at great depths. None larger than 14 feet has ever been measured from fishing or survey vessels.”
Even larger examples of nearly 25 feet have been caught outside of Alaska’s waters, NOAA says.
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Pacific sleeper sharks are most often encountered as bycatch in the nets of Alaska’s commercial fisheries, and few survive the trauma, experts say. They’re considered “the most vulnerable of all managed fish stocks in Alaska waters,” yet no management plan exists.
“We still know little about even its most basic biology,” NOAA Fisheries research biologist Beth Matta said in the release. “We can’t manage what we don’t understand.”
Why must you manage them? Just let them go extinct! But no:
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The Pacific sleeper shark, named for its sluggish nature, lives throughout the Pacific Ocean. It's the largest shark in Alaska, and possibly the largest predatory fish in the ocean. Despite their great size and wide range, this species is elusive and mysterious. The lack of data on this shark makes it challenging to conserve and manage it.
However, thanks to a new collaborative study led by NOAA Fisheries Alaska, we're one step closer to better understanding the Pacific sleeper shark. Researchers compiled knowledge from various sources to create a one-stop shop for information on Pacific sleeper sharks.
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Humans seem to feel like they need to manage everything.
Not humans, just Westerners, especially Western scientists. Marine biology is unique to Western civilization:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_biology#History
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The study of marine biology dates to Aristotle (384–322 BC), who made many observations of life in the sea around Lesbos, laying the foundation for many future discoveries.[40] In 1768, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1744–1774) published the Historia Fucorum, the first work dedicated to marine algae and the first book on marine biology to use the new binomial nomenclature of Linnaeus. It included elaborate illustrations of seaweed and marine algae on folded leaves.[41][42] The British naturalist Edward Forbes (1815–1854) is generally regarded as the founder of the science of marine biology.[43] The pace of oceanographic and marine biology studies quickly accelerated during the course of the 19th century.
The observations made in the first studies of marine biology fueled the Age of Discovery and exploration that followed. During this time, a vast amount of knowledge was gained about the life that exists in the oceans of the world. Many voyages contributed significantly to this pool of knowledge. Among the most significant were the voyages of HMS Beagle where Charles Darwin came up with his theories of evolution and on the formation of coral reefs.[44] Another important expedition was undertaken by HMS Challenger, where findings were made of unexpectedly high species diversity among fauna stimulating much theorizing by population ecologists on how such varieties of life could be maintained in what was thought to be such a hostile environment.[45] This era was important for the history of marine biology but naturalists were still limited in their studies because they lacked technology that would allow them to adequately examine species that lived in deep parts of the oceans.
The creation of marine laboratories was important because it allowed marine biologists to conduct research and process their specimens from expeditions. The oldest marine laboratory in the world, Station biologique de Roscoff, was established in Concarneau, France founded by the College of France in 1859.[46]
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So leave them alone, quit poking at them.
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We can't save every species, it's not our job to.
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These scientist seem to have gone overboard on a lot of animals. It seems to make them feel macho to catch and tag them. It really does not help the animal by doing this this over and over it keeps them on the payroll. Just how many animals to they have to catch and tag . Come on.