100 million sharks for stupid Asian bullshit

[Eddie Teach]

The ocean's a big fucking place, I doubt we could hunt sharks to extinction even if that was the goal.

It's doable.  The power of mankind to kill is unmatched on the Earth.

Some  would learn to avoid the surface and the coast, so we'd never find them all.

[Neil]

Sharks don't learn very well.  They're fish.  They're no smarter than the bluefin tuna, and those will be gone in a few years.

[Eddie Teach]

Well, maybe "learn" isn't the right word, but I think they'd develop an instinct to avoid the surface/shallow water areas. Probably some sharks already have this.

[CountDeMoney]

Well, maybe "learn" isn't the right word, but I think they'd develop an instinct to avoid the surface/shallow water areas. Probably some sharks already have this.

And how quickly, exactly, are they supposed to learn this, what with their food sources found at the surface?

[dps]

Well, maybe "learn" isn't the right word, but I think they'd develop an instinct to avoid the surface/shallow water areas. Probably some sharks already have this.

And how quickly, exactly, are they supposed to learn this, what with their food sources found at the surface?

Well, you know what they say--1000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean is a good start.

[Caliga]

Well, maybe "learn" isn't the right word, but I think they'd develop an instinct to avoid the surface/shallow water areas. Probably some sharks already have this.

Aren't there some species of shark that already avoid the coastal areas and live exclusively in the open ocean?

[Eddie Teach]

Have any maritime species actually been hunted to extinction by man? I know there's lots that are claimed to be threatened, but that could just mean they're no longer hanging out in the places we're looking.

[crazy canuck]

Have any maritime species actually been hunted to extinction by man? I know there's lots that are claimed to be threatened, but that could just mean they're no longer hanging out in the places we're looking.

Even the most rudimentary google search will give you a wealth of information on the confirmed extinctions and also the wave of feared extinctions that scientists are predicting.

[Razgovory]

Stellar's Sea Cow comes to mind.

[frunk]

Extinct North American Animals

Fish:

Alberca silverside
Longjaw cisco
Deepwater cisco
Lake Ontario kiyi
Blackfin cisco
Yellowfin cutthroat trout
Alvord cutthroat trout
Silver trout
Maravillas red shiner
Independence Valley tui chub
Thicktail chub
Pahranagat spinedace
Phantom shiner
Las Vegas dace
Grass Valley speckled dace
Clear Lake splittail
Oncorhynchus rastrosus
Snake River sucker
Harelip sucker
Tecopa pupfish
Shoshone pupfish
Raycraft Ranch killifish
Pahrump Ranch killifish
Ash Meadows killifish
Amistad gambusia
San Marcos gambusia
Blue walleye
Maryland darter
Utah Lake sculpin
Banff longnose dace