Sharks, including their close relatives the rays, are facing a global extinction crisis — too many are being caught in fisheries and they are disappearing from our oceans at alarming rates. In 2021, in the pages of this very journal, the extent of this crisis was laid bare: 391 of 1,199 assessed species (>95% of all known species) are threatened with extinction, and three species are possibly already extinct.
History
Publication title
Current Biology
Volume
32
Pagination
1287-1303
ISSN
0960-9822
Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies
Publisher
Cell Press
Place of publication
1100 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, USA, Ma, 02138
Repository Status
Restricted
Socio-economic Objectives
Assessment and management of pelagic marine ecosystems