Hammerheads on the Endangered species list?

Here's the scoop................

http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1259813/hammerhead_shark_makes_endangered_species_list/

EDIT:: MoJo fixed the link for ya!

At this rate the only way my son will be able to see a shark is in the damn aquarium! We need people like the whale wars nuts to chase the finning boats around apparently!

If the so called "enviromentalists" was doing there proper job and working towards a world wide ban on finning the government would not be punnishing the rec fisherman for what the comercial fisheries has done. For now it appears to be the scolloped hammer on the list. They are looking at the whole picture but just dont know how to get the Aisan's to agree. It looks like everything we catch is on the list to come. It seems a bit late, I knew everything they are printing in 1988. I guess it took a rocket sicentest or something to figure out the sharks were being massacared. The feds funded it in the early 80's, now they are gona take our rights cause they done stupid stuff. I wonder what the comercial quota on large coastals is this year. How many hundreds of thousands of metric tons?

the great hammers have been protected for quite some time now

i called fwc today and they told me that they been on that list for a while but u can still harvest 1 per person per day

If the so called "enviromentalists" was doing there proper job and working towards a world wide ban on finning the government would not be punnishing the rec fisherman for what the comercial fisheries has done. For now it appears to be the scolloped hammer on the list. They are looking at the whole picture but just dont know how to get the Aisan's to agree. It looks like everything we catch is on the list to come. It seems a bit late, I knew everything they are printing in 1988. I guess it took a rocket sicentest or something to figure out the sharks were being massacared. The feds funded it in the early 80's, now they are gona take our rights cause they done stupid stuff. I wonder what the comercial quota on large coastals is this year. How many hundreds of thousands of metric tons?

. Proposed 2011 Quotas for Non-Sandbar LCS and Sandbar Sharks Within the Shark Research Fishery
The 2011 proposed commercial quotas within the shark research fishery are 37.5 mt dw (82,673 lb dw) for non-sandbar LCS and 87.9 mt dw (193,784 lb dw) for sandbar sharks. This proposed rule would not change any of the overall adjusted base commercial quotas.Show citation box
Within the shark research fishery, as of July 31, 2010, preliminary reported landings of non-sandbar LCS were at 67.1 percent (25.2 mt dw), and sandbar shark reported landings were at 48.4 percent (42.6 mt dw). Reported landings have not exceeded the 2010 quota to date. Therefore, based on preliminary estimates and consistent with the current regulations at § 635.27(b)(1)(vii), NMFS is not proposing to reduce 2011 quotas in the shark research fishery based on any overharvests.Show citation box
Under § 635.27(b)(1)(i)(A), because individual species, complexes, or species within a complex have been determined to be either overfished, have overfishing occurring, overfished with overfishing occurring, or have an unknown status, underharvests for these species and/or complexes would not be applied to the 2011 quotas. Therefore, NMFS proposes 2011 quotas for non-sandbar LCS and sandbar sharks within the shark research fishery would be 37.5 mt dw (82,673 lb dw) and 87.9 mt dw (193,784 lb dw), respectively.Show citation box
2. Proposed 2011 Quotas for the Non-Sandbar LCS in the Gulf of Mexico Region
The 2011 proposed quota for non-sandbar LCS in the Gulf of Mexico region is 373.1 mt dw (822,536 lb dw). As of July 31, 2010, preliminary reported landings were at 104.5 percent (407.9 mt dw) for non-sandbar LCS in the Gulf of Mexico region. These reported landings exceed the 2010 quota by 17.4 mt dw. As such, NMFS's proposal deducts the overharvest from the 2011 annual quota. Therefore, the 2011 proposed quota for non-sandbar LCS in the Gulf of Mexico region is 373.1 mt dw (822,536 lb dw) (390.5 mt dw annual base quota—17.4 mt dw of 2010 overage = 373.1 mt dw 2011 adjusted annual quota).Show citation box
3. Proposed 2011 Quotas for the Non-Sandbar LCS in the Atlantic Region
The 2011 proposed quota for non-sandbar LCS in the Atlantic region is 190.4 mt dw (419,756 lb dw). As of July 31, 2010, preliminary reported landings were at 13.1 percent (22.2 mt dw) for non-sandbar LCS in the Atlantic region as the commercial season opened on July 15, 2010. In the final rule establishing the 2010 quotas (75 FR 250, January 5, 2010), NMFS accounted for an overharvest of non-sandbar LCS of 18.1 mt dw (39,903 lb dw) using data that was reported as of October 31, 2009. Between that date and December 31, 2009, the reported landings dropped by 2.6 mt dw. This decline is due to normal quality control procedures that occur when updated data are supplied. As such, in accordance with § 635.27(b)(1)(i), the amount that was deducted from the 2010 annual quota, based on preliminary numbers that were later corrected, would be added to the proposed 2011 non-sandbar LCS quota in the Atlantic region. Thus, the 2011 proposed commercial non-sandbar LCS quota would be 190.4 mt dw (419,756 lb dw) (187.8 mt dw annual base quota + 2.6 mt dw 2009 over estimated landings = 190.4 mt dw 2011 adjusted annual quota).Show citation box
4. Proposed 2011 Quotas for SCS and Pelagic Sharks
The 2011 proposed annual commercial quotas for non-blacknose SCS, blacknose sharks, blue sharks, porbeagle sharks, and pelagic sharks (other than porbeagle or blue sharks) are 221.6 mt dw (488,539 lb dw), 19.9 mt dw (43,872 lb dw), 273 mt dw (601,856 lb dw), 1.7 mt dw (3,748 lb dw), and 488 mt dw (1,075,856 lb dw), respectively.Show citation box
As of July 31, 2010, preliminary reported landings of non-blacknose SCS, blacknose sharks, blue sharks, porbeagle sharks, and pelagic sharks (other than porbeagle and blue sharks) were at 18 percent (40 mt dw), 34.4 percent (6.8 mt dw), 1.2 percent (3.4 mt dw), 85 percent (1.3 mt dw), and 19 percent (92.9 mt dw), respectively. These landings are within the available quotas at this time. As described above, while NMFS may adjust quotas for underharvests depending on stock status, NMFS will always adjust quotas for overharvests.Show citation box
Non-blacknose SCS have not been declared to be overfished, to have overfishing occurring, or to have an unknown status. As such, any underharvests for the non-blacknose SCS would be applied to the 2011 quotas.Show citation box
All the other SCS or pelagic species are considered overfished, to have overfishing occurring, or to have an unknown status. Therefore, the 2011 proposed quotas would be the base annual quotas for non-blacknose SCS, blacknose sharks, blue sharks, porbeagle sharks, and pelagic sharks (other than blue and porbeagle sharks) (221.6 mt dw (488,539 lb dw), 19.9 mt dw (43,872 lb dw), 273 mt dw (601,856 lb dw), 1.7 mt dw (3,748 lb dw), and 488 mt dw (1,075,856 lb dw), respectively).Show citation box

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Thanks for looking all that up Jim. Do what ya want to the rec fishermen but there is the problem, and that is just the US quota. Yall recon we kill 1% of that? So we cant keep a protected species but ya can still sell them. When they proclaim something protected, what does that mean? can ya sell a protected species? Of corse that was the rotton tooth BBC who is in bed with BP proclaiming the over fishing, or did the oil do it. So in the gulf they plan to harvest close to 1,000,000lbs of cleaned Large costal sharks(Most of the sharks we fish for) and the atlantic they are gona take close to 500,000lbs of large coastals. Take the price tag off the fishes head and it will not be in danger no longer!!

Thanks for looking all that up Jim. Do what ya want to the rec fishermen but there is the problem, and that is just the US quota. Yall recon we kill 1% of that? So we cant keep a protected species but ya can still sell them. When they proclaim something protected, what does that mean? can ya sell a protected species? Of corse that was the rotton tooth BBC who is in bed with BP proclaiming the over fishing, or did the oil do it. So in the gulf they plan to harvest close to 1,000,000lbs of cleaned Large costal sharks(Most of the sharks we fish for) and the atlantic they are gona take close to 500,000lbs of large coastals. Take the price tag off the fishes head and it will not be in danger no longer!!

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