Current Affairs - Important Days - Discussion

International Shark Awareness Day was observed on July 14, 2019. The objective of the day is to spread awareness about the dangers of sharks. The theme for the year 2019 is "The sharks in crisis: a call to action for the Mediterranean". On this occasion, The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), headquartered in Gland, Switzerland, released a report highlighting the risks to Sharks in the Mediterranean region. Overfishing and plastic pollution were the threats highlighted by the report. Libya and Tunisia were the worst culprits, with each country's fishery hauling in about 4,200 tonnes of sharks a year.