Shark Quest: Protecting the Ocean's Top Predators

by Karen Romano Young

Book Overview

Sharks are in trouble.

Fifty shark species are at high risk of extinction, and another sixty-three are threatened. These intelligent, mysterious--and sometimes scary--fish evolved about 420 million years ago. They have adapted to survive deep in the ocean and in shallow-water habitats. Commercial fishing and finning are threatening shark populations. So is water pollution. Marine biologists and others, including young people,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 151249805X
• ISBN13: 9781512498059
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary