I created this web site for many reasons. The most important reason was to create a way to bring all fellow shark taggers together, putting our ideas and thoughts together, and helping to encourage more people to become responsible fisherman. As you may or may not be aware, our shark fishery is being depleted by irresponsible fishing on all levels.
Sharks are very susceptible to over fishing due to their slow reproduction rate.
If sharks had a reproduction level like Tuna, we would have a completely different ecological balance. Based on studies male Makos cannot reproduce until they are three years old, and at six feet long. A female cannot reproduce until she is six years old, and eight and a half feet long, and only giving off a half a dozen live birth every other year. Since these sharks only live until about nineteen years of age, this only allows for her to give birth to about six litters. I have found that the power of voice, and setting an example has been the most effective way to change the minds of fisherman that do not tag and release.