Swimming with a Manta Ray- Shark Therapy - Big Sharks- BBC
Free diving with the majestic manta -ray giants. Another incredible BBC wildlife documentary.
Free diving with the majestic manta -ray giants. Another incredible BBC wildlife documentary.
“Through our research, we have learned that demand for manta and mobula gill-rakers is rapidly approaching a critical inflection point. Whereas the shark fin trade has sadly become deeply entrenched, both culturally and economically, there maybe time to intercept and head-off the gill-raker trade before it becomes completely entrenched. With this realization, we have set out to tell this story in the hopes of driving real change before it is too late.”
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They’re easy targets. Moving slowly through the ocean, often in predictable aggregations – these gentle, filter-feeding giants are being slaughtered at an alarming rate.
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DID YOU KNOW:
In 2012, the world is likely to learn of a third species of manta. So far the species is officially unnamed but likely to be called the Atlantic manta ray or Caribbean manta ray and classified as Manta giorna. It is found only in the Atlantic Ocean, primarily in the Bahamas, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea south to Venezuela.
To date, manta rays are only formally protected in New Zealand, Ecuador, the USA (Florida, Hawaii, Flower Garden Banks, National Marine Sanctuary in the Gulf of Mexico), Guam, the Maldives, Yap, Indonesia (Raja Ampat), the Philippines and Mexico.
Their slaughter is shocking, barbaric and must STOP.
Thanks for the tweet @projectaware
Wonderful photos and research notes highlighting work on the brain and the behaviour of giant manta rays from SOSF-supported researcher Csilla Ari
Thanks to @saveourseas for the tweet - check out their work.
