kia Ora bloggers Today I have something amazing to share.
So on Tuesday we did a burger competition and i got a certificate and a chocolate i choose crunchy.
We then had to do a reflection about it.I did it on a google docs.
here is my reflection
kia Ora bloggers Today i have something to share that is horrific
So in china and Hong Kong they do a horrific thing where
they capture sharks and cut their fins off to make shark fin soup
Here is what i wrote:
Conservationist Mark Carwardine discusses the issue of shark finning.
It is the gruesome practice of cutting off a
live shark’s fins and throwing the rest of the animal
back into the sea, where it dies a slow and painful death.
The fins are used in China and Hong Kong, and by
Chinese communities elsewhere in the world, as the key ingredient in shark-fin soup.
This glutinous broth is a traditional Chinese dish dating back more than 1,000 years.
Once a rare delicacy consumed only by the Chinese aristocracy, it played an important
role as an indicator of social standing. The fibres take on a consistency similar to noodles,
but they have virtually no taste or nutritional value, so chicken stock or something similar is
added to improve the flavour.
Blacktip reef shark, listed as Near
Threatened on the IUCN Red List, killed for its fins in West Papua, Indonesia. ©
Ethan Daniels/Getty
In the past 20 years or so, the demand for shark-fin soup has rocketed.
It is still associated with privilege and social rank – a bowl of soup can
cost up to US$100 – but the explosive growth in the Chinese economy
means that hundreds of millions of people can now afford this luxury.
Many consider it de rigueur at important events such as weddings, birthdays,
business banquets and during Chinese New Year celebrations.
Shark-fin soup is also popular in traditional Chinese medicine (although research suggests that it contains so much mercury and other toxins it is barely fit for human
consumption). It is estimated that as many as 73 million sharks are killed for shark-fin
soup every year – an indiscriminate slaughter that is pushing many species to the brink of
extinction.
A bowl of shark’s fin soup. © Stefan Irvine/LightRocket/Getty
Many people fear sharks and don’t care whether they survive or not.
But, ecologically, as top predators their disappearance will disrupt entire ocean
ecosystems. Economically, they are worth more alive than dead – in contrast to the
short-lived profits of shark finning, shark diving has become a sustainable, multi-million
pound business.
Scientifically, medical researchers want to learn how shark wounds heal so
quickly and how they seem to be resistant to cancer. Spiritually, an ocean without
sharks is unthinkable – like the Serengeti without lions.
In 1999, the UN developed the International Plan of Action for the
Conservation and Management of Sharks, but no country is forced to
participate and progress has been slow. Beyond that, shark legislation varies
greatly between states, providing anything from zero (Hong Kong) to weak to full
protection (the Bahamas).
The US Shark Conservation Act 2010 requires that all sharks (except smooth dogfish)
be brought ashore with their fins intact. Many people believe this is the only way to
secure an enforceable ban on shark finning, while enabling the collection of species-
specific management data. The EU approved similar legislation in 2013, and other
countries are following suit. Trade in a number of shark species is banned or controlled
under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
It is critical to reduce demand, by changing attitudes.
There are encouraging signs that shark-fin soup consumption
is declining and several dozen airlines and hotel chains have stopped serving it.
In 2012, the Chinese Government banned it at official functions, though the motive
was more for austerity than conservation.
Dried shark fins for sale in a Taipei market. © Craig Ferguson/LightRocket/Getty
Despite progress, shark-fin soup is still a long way from being relegated to history.
Also, a new problem has arisen: fishermen are switching to shark meat and creating
new appetites for a product that wasn’t popular before. In many countries trade in shark
meat has grown exponentially – so finning bans alone aren’t enough to reduce the
number of sharks being killed. A new approach is clearly needed.
What is shark finning?
It is a practice that people catch sharks and fin
them and throw then back into the water to have a slow and painful death.
Why is it a delicacy?
In the past 20 years or so, the demand for shark-fin
soup has rocketed. It is still associated with privilege and social rank – a bowl
of soup can cost up to US$100 – but the explosive growth in the Chinese economy
means that hundreds of millions of people can now afford this luxury. Many consider
r it de rigueur at important events such as weddings, birthdays, business banquets and
during Chinese New Year celebrations.Shark-fin soup is also popular in traditional Chinese
medicine
How is this impacting our oceans?
It is impacting our oceans because if it continues sharks
will go extinct and the ocean will die,because sharks help
keep fish populations under control and help the birds get their food
kia Ora bloggers today i have something to share.
So today we read a poem about a starfish.
Here is the poem
And we had to answer three questions
What is the main message of this poem?
Doing something small can make a difference
Give some evidence and include an image
So what do you think?
What little thing have you done that has made a big difference in someones life?
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kia Ora bloggers today I have something to share
So today we finished our newspaper article And this is my newspaper article.
Water pollution how can we stop it
The north pacific gyre of our largest rubbish accumulation ever in human history.
It is made up of the continents that surround the north pacific ocean’s plastic in a thing
called a garbage patch. It is made of plastic and micro plastics floated out to
a gyre which
is a major tide currants.it has accumulated more plastic in the years to follow
and the ocean
will go away.
The effects of plastic on animals.
Turtles eat plastic bags because they think that it is a jellyfish because
they eat jellyfish but they will die from the plastic bag but plastic is a multi killer.
Plastic will kill multiple animals like whales, dolphins, birds. Whales eat plankton but
when they eat microplastics and die from it. Birds eat fish like fry and steal from
pelicans but they will eat plastic and die baby birds get milk and plastic water
bottles ring choke and die.
What people could do to fix it
We could start by trying to collect as much plastic as possible so that marine life
can survive and not become extinct and die off. Marine life is beautiful and everyone
deserves to see them and hear them. They are dying because of us dumping plastic
in the ocean. Collecting as much plastic and make more environmentally friendly things,
article So we had to write a newspaper article about the water pollution how can we stop it.
i felt like i would screw it up but it was great.
So what do you think.
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kia Ora bloggers Today I have something to share.
So we are learning about the great pacific garbage patch and how it is killing our marine life
Whales are dying around the world and it is because all of the plastic we throw away like in costa rica a turtle had a straw stuck up its nose.Birds end up with big amounts of plastic in their stomachs and on their throats.
We need to make sure our plastic goes in the yellow bins and the rings on our milk and water bottles are cut so birds can't choke on them.
So we had to do a slide about the great pacific garbage patch.
Also we had to do causes and effects like the cause of something and the effect of something
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