New Jersey fishermen butcher threatened sharks for sport. These are the shocking scenes where threatened sharks caught as part of a $3. New Jersey quayside. Lewis Pugh, UN Patron of the Oceans was attending an international conference in New York when he heard about the three- day New Jersey competition. Pugh said he was shocked to see Mako sharks being hauled up on the quayside and butchered, with smiling people standing and taking photographs beside the fish. Scroll down for video This is the moment a Mako shark is being butchered following an angling competition in Cape May last week where competitors shared more than $3. Competitors stood by the quayside and were photographed beside the dead sharks Pugh said the sharks were quickly cut up with the various parts put in separate boxes He filmed the competitors using knives and winches to dismember the sharks, sorting the remains and removing the heads. Pugh said the Mako shark is on the IUCN threatened list and is at risk of extinction.

He told Mail. Online: 'The shark I filmed was a mako shark. It is on the IUCN redlist as threatened.‘In some parts of the world they are critically threatened. Globally, the mako shark is under greater threat than the white rhino.'Pugh said he couldn't believe people were killing sharks less than two hours down the road from where the United Nations and governments across the world were taking about ways to improve the marine environment. Watch Man On The Train Online Full Movie on this page. He continued: 'The African elephant is on the same threatened list as the Mako shark, but here we have sport fishermen and recreational anglers targeting them for cash prizes.'Pugh said it was wrong to allow children to witness such scenes as it makes it seem like there are large numbers of Mako sharks in the oceans when they are on the threatened list. The competition took place in Cape May, on the southern coast of New Jersey where the 8. The winning fisherman won $1. Mako. It would be a very mature shark at that weight. It seems unbelievable, but globally, the mako is more endangered than the White Rhino.'According to Pugh, who has been campaigning on marine issues since his late teens, the shark is an apex predator and as such plays a very important role in keeping a balance in the ocean's eco- system.

Sharks have been with us for 4. I couldn't believe this was happening on World Oceans Day. Different countries came together at the UN with proposals on changes they were willing to make.'The US for example is willing to outlaw microbeads. But on Cape May, we had this competition sponsored by major multi- national companies celebrating the slaughter of sharks.' Pugh compared the competition with the controversy surrounding the shooting of Cecil the Lion. 'What we have here is much more worse than Cecil the lion.

We have competitors killing lots of threatened animals for sport.'I am a swimmer, that’s a sport. Running, Cricket and rugby. Killing threatened species is not a sport.' Competitors posed beside the sharks after they were brought ashore and weighed in After bringing their catches to the shore, the fishermen cut off the sharks' fins and put them into a separate bucket. According to Pugh, there is a market for shark fin soup. The shark was then cut open and gutted. They decapitated the shark and the jaw was put in a special bag for trophies.

He said: 'When you arrive at Cape May, it is an incredibly beautiful area, almost halfway between Washington and New York.'On the right hand side, companies offering trips to go and see whales. On the left hand side, you can see the sharks getting butchered. People were cheering when a large sharks were getting chopped up. 'It was like going back to the days of Ernest Hemingway. These shark tournaments send the worst messages to our children. They are saying the oceans are abundant and nothing has changed since Hemingway. The oceans are in peril.' According to Pugh, between April and October, there are approximately 7. US east coast targeting a wide range of species.'I am urging global companies to stop sponsoring these competitions which are targeting species on the IUCN red list.

The way forward is with sustainable tourism for areas such as Cape May. If all the sharks and whales are gone, there isn't going to be a great deal to look at.' Mail. Online has contacted the tournament's organizers for a comment. Mako sharks The Mako shark is found offshore temperate and tropical seas worldwide and is on record as world's the fastest shark - reaching speeds of up to 4. Adult mako sharks grow on average to around 1. Watch Into The Abyss Full Movie more. According to Sharks- World. A post on the website adds: 'In particular, Mako sharks are victims of an infamous practice called shark finning which consists of cutting off their fins while sharks are still alive and return them this way to the ocean being victims of predators or a slow death.'.

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