In Pacific ocean the new reserve for sharks is created

The government of Marshall Islands has made the decision on creation of the world's largest reserve for sharks the area almost 2 million sq. kilometres.

This country in Pacific ocean intends to forbid also trade in the spark products and commercial catch sharks in the maritime belt.

The economy of this state with the population of all in 68 thousand persons entirely depends on tourism. Marshall Islands enjoy wide popularity among fans of scuba diving.

Sharks and related it slopes are under constant threat of extinction because of intensive extraction and native habitat loss.

About third of kinds of ocean sharks are brought in the Red book - it is international the recognised list rare and vanishing species.

"Having passed of the law on protection of sharks, we have taken the major step to preservation of these beings which so are important for our culture, environment and economy, - senator Tony де has declared Brum who is one of authors of the bill confirmed by parliament of Marshall Islands. - our country is insignificant, but in our waters the largest will settle down henceforth in the world reserve of sharks".

The area reserve will be approximately equal to the area of Indonesia and in eight times more to territory of Britain.

It will increase water area of world ocean, in which sharks are under law protection, from 2,7 million in sq. km to 4,6 million in sq. km.

The new law forbids use of certain kinds of tackles in waters of Marshall Islands and enters system of large penalties up to 200 thousand pounds sterling.

Sharks - property of mankind

Marshall Islands have followed the lead of other Pacific country, Palau which has created two years ago in the waters the world's largest spark reserve. It was followed also by other countries, including the Bahamas.

In September the group of eight countries, including Mexico, Honduras, Maldive Islands and Northern Mariana Islands, has signed the declaration on assistance to measures on protection of sharks all over the world.

Because of rather low rates of reproduction of a shark are especially vulnerable in the conditions of industrial or casual catch.

Measures on protection of sharks can promote also to the general biological variety of world ocean as they enter restrictions on the extraction right in the fishing industry.

However remains not absolutely clear, whether such countries can as Palau and Marshall Islands to provide due supervision over such huge water areas.