Speaker, on behalf of the IFP I move without notice:
That the House -
(1) notes that -
(a) according to scientists 30 per cent of the world's sharks are facing extinction ...
... and these are not the land sharks; those should have been extinguished a long time ago!
... and that if this extinction does happen, the oceans ecosystems would be disturbed, leading to the loss of other fish stocks;
(b) notes that the biggest threat to sharks is shark finning and every year approximately 73 million sharks are killed for their fins;
(c) further notes that Pew Environment Group is running a Global Shark Conservation campaign to highlight the plight of sharks; and
(2) calls upon South Africans to get involved in various shark conservation campaigns to help reduce and ultimately eliminate unsustainable activities that threaten the survival of sharks.
Agreed to.