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Overfishing endangers oceanic sharks and rays

For humans, the ocean is vast and mysterious. The portrayal of top predators in the ocean – from krakens to Moby Dick – shows how they have historically been feared and hunted. For the true top predators – oceanic sharks and rays – mortality has... click to read more

Holly K. Kindsvater | Assistant Professor at Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Nathan Pacoureau | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Biological Sciences, Earth to Ocean Research Group, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Nicholas K. Dulvy | Professor at Department of Biological Sciences, Earth to Ocean Research Group, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

extinction

conservation

shark

rays

overfishing

Reading time 4 min

published on Jul 14, 2021