recently
A food blogger posted
Videos of boiled sharks and grilled sharks
Some netizens questioned
Shark in the video
Suspected international endangered wildlife man-eating shark
This matter has aroused widespread concern
presently
Identified by the police in Nanchong, Sichuan
The shark in the video is confirmed to be a man-eating shark
Also known as the Great White Shark
It is a national second-level protected animal
According to the law, after fishing, it needs to be discarded into the sea
Disembarkation, sale, and purchase are all illegal
August 1
Law Enforcement Supervision Section, Nanchong Agriculture and Rural Bureau
The person in charge said
The blogger buys the Great White Shark
The source is the coastal area of Fujian
The persons concerned have been brought into police custody
After the event occurs
All videos in their account have disappeared
According to article 341 of the Criminal Law, whoever illegally hunts or kills rare or endangered wild animals under key national protection, or illegally acquires, transports or sells rare or endangered wild animals under key national protection and their products, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the circumstances are particularly serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years and shall also be fined or have his property confiscated.
Crocodiles, ostrich kings, tiger crabs, baby fish... The blogger's video is uncomfortable
Great white sharks, rarer than tigers!
The great white shark is the largest known predatory fish in the world, and adult great white sharks are usually more than 4 meters long. Great white sharks are very long-lived, able to reach the age of 70 years.
According to the "List of Wild Animals under National Key Protection" published on the website of the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, the wild animals under national key protection include basking sharks, man-eating sharks (great white sharks) and whale sharks, and the three sharks are all national second-level protected animals.
Although the great white shark is known as the "man-eating shark", its main food is large fish, cetaceans, sea lions, seals, sea otters, etc. Humans are not on the shark's "recipe". However, the great white shark is accustomed to exploring unfamiliar targets by nibbling, and when it encounters food that it does not like, it is released after a bite, and the shark attacks on people are almost all "accidental injuries".
As a creature at the top of the marine food chain, the great white shark has only some predators of killer whales (ocean-going types). Due to the slow growth of great white sharks, the lack of juvenile sharks, and human overfishing, such sea kings have become endangered species.
According to the Science Network, in 2010, scientists found that there are currently fewer than 3,500 great white sharks in the world's oceans, "which makes it rarer than tigers." This also means that only a very small number of seas in the world can find the long-term presence of great white sharks. In July, Xinhua quoted Agence France-Presse as saying that the number of great white sharks in the world is currently about 300.
Note! These marine creatures are not "seafood"
On July 21, the IUCN updated red list of endangered species, showing that the Yangtze River white sturgeon has become extinct, causing deploration from all walks of life.
On the mainland, there are still many marine life that are already endangered.
Leatherback turtle
Leatherback turtle is the largest of the turtles and tortoises in the world, and has been listed on the Red List of Endangered Species, which is a national second-level protected animal.
With a body length of up to 2.5 meters and a weight of more than 1 ton, the leatherback turtle is called the "king of turtles" and is also known as a "moving island". Because there are seven ridge-like bumps on the back of the turtle, which resemble carambola, the Chaoshan area is also used to call it "carambola turtle".
There are seven prismatic bumps on the back of the leatherback turtle, which are extremely recognizable.
Leatherback turtles are found in the East china sea and south China Sea near Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Liaoning, Taiwan, Hainan and other areas, as well as in the waters outside the Mouth of the Yangtze River in Shanghai. In recent years, leatherback turtles have become more rare due to pollution of the marine environment, habitat destruction, and the reduction of food organisms.
In 2013, a Fisherman in Nan'ao once accidentally caught a leatherback turtle, which died due to the failure of breeding, and was made into a specimen and stored in the Herbarium of the Guangdong Nanpeng Archipelago Marine Ecological National Nature Reserve Administration.
The reason why the leatherback turtle is prone to death is due to its lack of shield armor, only a layer of leathery skin, and it is easily damaged by machinery. Many fishermen mistakenly catch leatherback turtles and think that keeping them in captivity for a period of time will accelerate the death of leatherback turtles, so if they catch leatherback turtles, the best way is to release them immediately.
horseshoe crab
In March 2019, the crab was officially listed as an "endangered" species by the IUCN, with the waters surrounding Guangdong and Guangxi being its last habitat.
Horseshoe crab has a high medicinal value, its blood because of the copper ions displayed as blue, from this blue blood extracted from the "horseshoe reagent", can accurately and quickly detect whether the internal tissues of the human body is infected by bacteria, is widely used in the pharmaceutical and food industries, there is no substitute. In addition, its shell can be refined into a medicine that can cure hyperthyroidism and other diseases, so the horseshoe crab is a modern treasure.
Known as the "living fossil of life", the horseshoe crab appeared on the earth as early as 450 million years ago and is a very ancient creature.
The growth cycle of the horseshoe crab is very long, it takes 13 years to reach adulthood to reproduce the next generation, and it must lay eggs on clean sand, and the fertilized eggs of the horseshoe crab must hatch in the muddy sand. Even if chinese horseshoe crabs find these suitable breeding places, the natural hatching rate is extremely low.
Dr. Jie Xiaoyong of the South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences once appealed: "Horseshoe crab is not ordinary seafood, don't eat it anymore!" ”
A famous snack in the Chaoshan region, because of its resemblance to the horseshoe crab, is called the koji.
Whale
Whale sharks are an ancient species that lived in the vast oceans 20 million years ago, mainly in tropical waters between 30° north and south latitudes, and they visited the waters of South Australia in Shantou in 2019.
Whale sharks are typically characterized by two dorsal fins, spots on the body, a brownish tinge of blue, a wide mouth split, and anterior snout that is not prominent.
Some parts of Southeast Asia are the main fishing areas for whale sharks, which eat their flesh and sometimes cut off their fins to make shark fins.
On the mainland, the whale shark is a national grade II protected animal, and it has also been included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2005.
When whale sharks swim in the ocean, many small fish surround them.
Chinese white dolphin
The Chinese white dolphin is a national first-class protected animal, known as the "giant panda of the sea", known as the "Mazu fish" by fishermen in the Fujian and Guangdong areas, and was selected as the mascot of Hong Kong's return to the motherland in 1997.
The Chinese white dolphin baby emerges with the female dolphin step by step.
In recent years, with the rapid development of the mainland's marine economy, marine development efforts have been increasing, reclamation projects have been increasing, the habitat of Chinese white dolphins has been shrinking, the population has been decreasing, and the continuation of species is facing severe challenges.
Chinese white dolphin mothers do not abandon their dead babies. Interference from human activities can lead to a decline in its health, thereby reducing the survival rate.
Hope these wonderful creatures
Can travel happily in the blue ocean
Rejection of illegal trade and hunting
Don't think of yourself
Hurt their lives
Otherwise waiting for us
It will be sanctioned by law!
Reprinted | Guangdong Science Popularization
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