woodchurch science

more than a quarter of sharks and rays in the north-east atlantic face extinction from overfishing, conservationists warned today. a “red list” report from the international union for conservation of nature (IUCN) found that 26% of all sharks, rays and related species in the regional waters are threatened with extinction. seven per cent are classed as critically endangered, while a fifth are regarded as “near-threatened”.
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