The alarming situation of sharks

By 28/07/2020 Portal

Tiger shark 40% lives with a hook hooked in its snout that will probably stay there for the rest of its life, and one 20% has wounds that clearly show its interaction with fishing systems. That's what counts recent study published in Fisheries Research who observed 55 specimens over eight years in French Polynesia. Fishing area and shark habitat in danger of extinctionAccording to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), they overlap. These predators either end up in the market because they cannot escape or live their entire lives with a hook in their mouth or wounds. “Imagine that those we see are those who have resisted. "We have to think about all those who have probably ended up dead at the bottom of the sea," he warns. Eric Clua, author of the study, researcher in the CRIOBE (Insular Research Center and Environmental Observatory) in French Polynesia and scientific director of the Shark Med protection and recovery association. “Control and protection efforts are still not enough,” he concludes.

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