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𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 - 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗧𝗼 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 Please sign and share these important petitions to help protect sharks.� 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄 Since the 1930's, sharks have been targeted and killed by government-run shark culling programs to "protect" beaches in Australia. These are ineffective at protecting swimmers and kill not only sharks but other bycatch as well. #NetsOutNow calls for lethal drumlines and shark nets to be replaced with non-lethal methods urgently.� 𝗔𝘀𝗸 𝗨𝗞 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗸-𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝘂𝗻𝗮 Popular UK supermarket, Sainsbury's & TESCO, are selling tuna sourced from fishing boats that use environmentally destructive fishing methods that kill sharks, cetaceans and turtles and cause untold amounts of plastic pollution in the ocean. �𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀�International waters which are owned by no country are known as the High Seas. Only 1.2% of the high seas is protected, yet these waters are important migratory routes for many shark and other marine species. They need protection to prevent exploitation.� 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗮 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗮 Costa Rica is home to dozens of shark species, many of which are in serious danger of being overfished to extinction. Take action and sign the petition to stop the killing of endangered sharks in Costa Rica �𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁 Since the three mile limit in Scotland was removed in 1984, fish stocks have plummeted. Dredging and bottom-trawling is allowed in 90% of Scotland's coastal areas which is a danger to marine life including the flapper skate (shark extended family). #inshorelimit #OurSeas 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗚𝗨𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵. 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀. Follow: @sharkguardian