Ocean speaks to renowned marine journalist and author, Eleonora de Sabata, about how the LIFE European Sharks project is trying to conserve Europe's endangered sharks.
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00:03 I have been studying sharks for many, many, many years.
00:09 For the past 35 years, I've been writing about the sea.
00:13 And now I am working on a project
00:16 called European Sharks, which is an international effort
00:20 to safeguard Mediterranean sharks and rays.
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00:29 We will start a movement of people
00:32 that do something concretely about sharks and rays.
00:35 And for instance, we will ask professional fishermen
00:37 to release the baby shark of commercial species
00:40 so they can grow and reproduce.
00:42 We will ask recreational fishers to release all sharks and rays
00:46 with good handling practices so that when they are released,
00:49 they can actually survive.
00:51 Divers will be involved to tell us
00:53 where they see sharks and rays so that we can identify
00:56 this area and protect them.
00:59 Cooks, for instance, we will ask them in places
01:02 where it is traditional to have, for example,
01:05 soups that have sharks.
01:07 So we'll ask them to update their recipes
01:09 and tell all the customers about them.
01:12 In general, we will try to make people
01:16 understand that sharks are in danger and not dangerous.
01:20 And the most important action will also
01:22 be trying to increase the enforcement of laws
01:26 that we have to protect some species.
01:29 So hopefully, maybe in 10 years' time, in 15 years' time,
01:33 if we act now, we can start building the population back.
01:37 It takes a while, though.
01:39 Thank you very much.
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