{"id":3675,"date":"2011-03-13T19:08:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T23:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3675"},"modified":"2011-03-14T09:37:49","modified_gmt":"2011-03-14T13:37:49","slug":"the-exploitation-of-the-manta-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3675","title":{"rendered":"The exploitation of the Manta Ray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is a Manta Ray? Click on this link <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elasmo-research.org\/education\/topics\/lh_manta_faq.htm\" target=\"_blank\">R. Aidan Martin and the ReefQuest Centre for Shark Research<\/a>\u00a0and spend 15 minutes to read about Manta Rays. Facinating creatures. You may spend 15 more minutes to read on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elasmo-research.org\/education\/topics\/lh_manta.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Biology of the Manta Ray<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These gentle giants are passive and impose no threat to humans. What I am about to describe is occuring in countries all around the globe,\u00a0Manta Rays are being slaughtered in unlimited numbers.\u00a0What is being spread is\u00a0just like the exploitation of Shark Finning, Manta Rays are being killed off for the same reasons, their gills for soup and traditional medicines\u00a0to the asian continents.<\/p>\n<p>We do know that the slow maturation\u00a0and reproductive cycles are cause for concern. The\u00a0reproductive rate of the Manta Ray is slow. With the slughtering occuring at\u00a0rates faster than the Manta can reproduce, should be\u00a0cause for\u00a0alarm and concern. Perhaps the growing demand for the rays may be due to the decrease in shark population.<\/p>\n<p>Many areas around the world are now reporting the number of manta sighting have dropped and in some regions sightings are now rare, like in the Phillippines.<\/p>\n<p>What are we as humans doing to our planet? We have one one planet, one world, <a href=\"http:\/\/oneworldocean.com\" target=\"_blank\">one world ocean<\/a> and we must take care of it. Looking at it as an unlimited resource simply because of its size or because we can&#8217;t see whats going on beneath the waves is not reason\u00a0for ignorance and\u00a0is not the way to preserve the balance which\u00a0our ocean has to provide. We must have due diligence and defend our friends\u00a0in the ocean, from us.<\/p>\n<p>Articles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1364076\/Close-extinction-Alarming-rise-manta-ray-hunting-threatens-oceans-gentle-giant.html#ixzz1GBvGYwXQ\" target=\"_blank\">Slaughtered for the market place: Huge rise in ray hunting threatens ocean&#8217;s &#8216;gentle giants&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lars<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a Manta Ray? Click on this link R. Aidan Martin and the ReefQuest Centre for Shark Research\u00a0and spend 15 minutes to read about Manta Rays. Facinating creatures. You may spend 15 more minutes to read on the Biology of the Manta Ray.\u00a0<br \/>\nThese gentle giants are passive and impose no threat to humans. What I am about to describe is occuring in countries all around the globe,\u00a0Manta Rays are being slaughtered in unlimited numbers.\u00a0What is being spread is\u00a0just like the exploitation of Shark Finning, Manta Rays are being killed off for the same reasons, their gills for soup and traditional medicines\u00a0to the asian continents.<br \/>\nWe do know that the slow maturation\u00a0and reproductive cycles are cause for concern. The\u00a0reproductive rate of the Manta Ray is slow. With the slughtering occuring at\u00a0rates faster than the Manta can reproduce, should be\u00a0cause for\u00a0alarm and concern. 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