DiveFilm Episode37 - "Shark Fin Frontier"

Shawn Heinrichs powerfully depicts shark finning and the tragic decimation of sharks.

An episode of the DiveFilm Podcast Video podcast, hosted by Shawn Heinrichs, titled "DiveFilm Episode37 - "Shark Fin Frontier"" was published on January 12, 2007 and runs 3 minutes.

January 12, 2007 ·3m · DiveFilm Podcast Video

Summary

This powerful film portrays the tragic decimation of sharks and shark populations by humans and the shark fin industry. Underwater filmmaker and conservationist Shawn Heinrichs juxtaposes beautiful images of lush tropical marine settings with the all-too-common scene below the surface of dead sharks littering the bottom, their fins cut off to feed an insatiable market for shark fin. Shark populations have dropped 90 percent in areas due to this unsustainable practice, threatening the very survival of numerous species of sharks, and disrupting fragile ecosystems worldwide. For more information on Shawn Heinrichs, his videos and his conservation work, please visit his website, BlueSphereMedia.com. Shawn is a conservation forum moderator at Wetpixel.com, and a regular contributor to the video forums.

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