Shark and ray populations have dropped 70% and are nearing ‘point of no return,’ study warns

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By Jessie Yeung, CNN  8 hrs ago

Shark and ray populations have dropped 70% and are nearing ‘point of no return,’ study warns (msn.com)

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Some species of sharks and rays could disappear from our seas altogether after a sharp drop in their numbers due to overfishing in the past 50 years.a shark in the water: Mandatory Credit: Photo by SeaTops/imageBROKER/Shutterstock (10027953a) Whitetip Oceanic Shark (Carcharhinus Longimanus) with Pilot Fish (Naucrates ductor), Brother Islands, Egypt VARIOUS© SeaTops/imageBROKER/ShutterstockMandatory Credit: Photo by SeaTops/imageBROKER/Shutterstock (10027953a) Whitetip Oceanic Shark (Carcharhinus Longimanus) with Pilot Fish (Naucrates ductor), Brother Islands, Egypt VARIOUS

A studypublished Wednesday in the journal Naturefound that shark and ray populations fell by 71.1% from 1970 to 2018.

“Knowing that this is a global figure, the findings are stark,”said Nick Dulvy,a biologist at the Simon Fraser University and a…

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2 thoughts on “Shark and ray populations have dropped 70% and are nearing ‘point of no return,’ study warns”

  1. Overfishing is a plague….Important species in our oceans are being depleted. Honestly I think most fishing should be banned worldwide or huge zones of our oceans should be off limits, altho there are plenty of rogue fishermen still fishing in protected areas and getting away with it. There is no doubt humans are selfish and clueless and I hope our vast population somehow begins a radical decline and I don’t really care how it happens.

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