26/06/2026
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๐ฆ Angel sharks (family Squatinidae) are unique bottom-dwelling sharks with broad, flat bodies and wide pectoral fins that give them a superficial resemblance to rays or skates.
Despite this appearance, they are true sharks. As master ambush predators, they bury themselves in the sand to surprise passing prey.
๐ The Mediterranean Sea is home to three critically endangered species of angel shark: the Angelshark (Squatina squatina), Sawback angelshark (Squatina aculeata), and Smoothback angelshark (Squatina oculata).
The main threats to Mediterranean Angel Sharks are:
1. Bycatch and Overfishing - Commercial fishing is the most significant threat to angel sharks in the Mediterranean
2. Habitat Degradation - Angel sharks rely heavily on shallow, coastal, and benthic (seafloor) habitats to survive, which puts them in direct conflict with human development
3. Human Disturbance - Because they inhabit shallow coastal waters, human recreational activities create secondary, yet significant, threat
โ Because of their slow growth, late maturity, and low reproductive rates coupled with massive overfishing, home destruction and regular human disturbances, these once-abundant coastal sharks have suffered drastic population declines and are now classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red.
Obviously, the current laws that are meant to protect them are not really working.
๐ Thatโs why we need a new paradigm shift - new law that respects the inherent rights of all the beings of the Mediterranean to life, health, home.
โ๏ธ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ฎ๐.
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