Silent threat: oil and meat trade threatens deep-sea sharks and rays | STUDY
Image: Mongabay / FIS
(WORLDWIDE, 4/4/2024)
The following is an excerpt from an article published by Mongabay:
Deep-sea sharks and rays—once considered too inaccessible to be of fishing interest—are now in danger of extinction. A growing international market for shark liver oil strengthened what had previously begun as bycatch, and now also turned these species into a clear target to obtain not only that product, but also their meat.
Stickleback sharks (Echinorhinus brucus) caught in the deep-sea shark liver oil fishery in India, stored in boxes after auction and on their way to oil extraction plants. Photo: Ebeena Francis (More Info)