Myrtle Ryan
Independent Online, South Africa
June 29, 2008

Sharks are being mercilessly hunted, but as these predators of the deep are ingesting more and more mercury in the world's increasingly polluted oceans, humans stand a chance of being poisoned by mercury.

Andy Cobb, a diver of international repute operating in the world-famous Aliwal Shoal area of KwaZulu-Natal's South Coast, is working tirelessly to bring home this message.

Cobb wants to know why - since South Africa has banned finning of sharks in its Exclusive Economic Zone - it would allow a factory in Cape Town.

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