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30% of the species of shark in the open sea are ‘threatened with extinction’
The first study to determine the overall state of conservation of 64 species of shark and ray-sea revealed that 32% are threatened with extinction, says IUCN.
The threat comes primarily from overfishing, according to the experts. According to them, the sharks are “highly vulnerable” to this practice because it takes many years for several [...]
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