Third of open ocean sharks threatened with extinction

Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 08:07 in Biology & Nature

The first study to determine the global conservation status of 64 species of open ocean (pelagic) sharks and rays reveals that 32 percent are threatened with extinction, primarily due to overfishing, according to the IUCN Shark Specialist Group...

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