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Decline in Shark and Rays
December 11 , 2024
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- The world’s sharks and rays have declined by more than 50 per cent since 1970.
- Overfishing has decimated populations of chondrichthyan fishes – sharks, rays, and chimaeras (closely related to sharks) – by more than half in the past 50 years.
- Habitat degradation, climate change and pollution resulted over one-third of the chondrichthyans now face the threat of extinction.
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