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Our Jaws Are Dropping
Some shark populations in Mediterranean have collapsed, study finds |
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12 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:39 AM on 12 Jun 2008 Populations of five shark species in the Mediterranean Sea have declined by an average of 97 percent in the last 200 years, principally due to fishing, according to a new study to be published in the journal Conservation Biology. Researchers combed historical records and collected other data to piece together the long-term population trend of the blue shark, thresher shark, ... |
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