Sharks hunt and eat other fish so why can’t we hunt and eat them? Apart from providing our children with summer beach holidays that are safe (read: free from shark attacks) and memorable, and our CEOs with fantastic photos from their eco-holidays to the Galapagos Islands to share with office workers over the inter-office email, those who hunt sharks are saving millions more fish who have the otherwise regrettable destiny of living below sharks on the food chain. It’s like the first line of troops in battle: Is it so wrong to knowingly sacrifice the few for the greater benefit of all?
If we weren’t killing sharks at the rate we currently are, there would be so many more beautiful fish in the sea that we could catch ourselves and put on delicious sandwiches, or display in dentist office fish tanks the world over. Not to mention, with so many more fish in the sea you wouldn’t have to worry about all that gross slimy seaweed waiting to entangle your feet and eventually drown you. Oh, and those yucky green particles floating around that make your swimming experience a little less enjoyable? That’s called phytoplankton and you can kiss it goodbye with more feeder fish in the sea to gobble it up.
One thing though: Seventy percent of earth’s oxygen comes from the oceans and is produced by plants, such as phytoplankton, when they convert carbon dioxide into actual breathable air through photosynthesis. Without sharks to keep the feeder fish population in check, it could grow out of control, putting at risk the ability of our oceans to provide us with the oxygen we need live.
*The above diagram should explain the process of photosynthesis for the visual learners.
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