Demand for shark meat doubles despite species extinction threat

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Delve into this article from Oceanographic, where it features the Global status of sharks, rays, and chimaeras, the latest report by the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group.

FROM | Oceanographic
WRITTEN BY | Rob Hutchins

The global demand for shark meat has nearly doubled in the last 20 years despite sharks, rays, and chimaera being among the most threatened vertebrates on the planet and one third of all species now facing the very real threat of extinction, according to the latest report from the IUCN Species Survival Commission Shark Specialist Group.

Building on the last time the Shark Specialist division of the IUCN issued its status report on sharks, rays, and chimaera back in 2005, the group has warned that while we understand more about the species than ever before, the scale of their declines is still outstripping improvements to protect them through research and policy.
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