DOI: 10.1126/science.1138657
Science 315, 1846 (2007);
Ransom A. Myers, et al.
Cascading Effects of the Loss of Apex Predatory
Sharks from a Coastal Ocean
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/315/5820/1846.pdf

If you can't access this, I'll be glad to send it to you, directly.

Sharks go
Rays take over
Shellfish are dead

The very least I can do, after Henk Mienis pointed out my irresponsibility
in selling shark teeth in Spanish street markets, is to call attention to
their plight.

1% of sharks might eat you. The other 99% get their fins chopped off for
some (not very tasty) Chinese soup.


regards

Richard Parker
Siargao Island, The Philippines.

My website at www.coconutstudio.com is about the island and its people,
coastal early humans, fishing, coconuts, bananas and whatever took my
fancy at the time.





On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:00:33 -0400, David Kirsh <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>And just yesterday I heard an item on the radio saying that the scallop
population in North Carolina is crashing due to the decimation of sharks
and rays leading to the expansion of some predators in the middle of the
food chain. I believe they said it was in Science magazine 'though I don't
find it with their website search.
>
>Does anyone have more specifics?
>
>David Kirsh
>Durham, NC
>
>"Life...is a minestrone."--Father Guido Scarducci
>
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