One in seven species (14%) of deepwater sharks and rays is threatened with extinction - and overfishing is the main reason theconversation.com/fished-for-t...

Fished for their meat and liver oil, many remarkable deep-water sharks and rays now face extinction

Long lifespans and slow reproduction rates make deep-water sharks and rays as vulnerable to overexploitation as whales once were. We must place them under protection to avoid extinctions.

That's just an ity bity one. Full grown is more like hand to elbow length (~75 cm)

I gotta say that while everyone knows sandbar shark is #BestShark@britfinucci.bsky.social taking time out of what's gotta be one of the busiest days of her career to troll me personally. I like roughsharks a lot, worry not.

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#Bestshark made the cover of Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientific American article by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social@sharkadvocates.bsky.socialwww.scientificamerican.com/article/deep...

"Deepwater Sharks Are Threatened by Demand for Liver Oil" by @whysharksmatter.bsky.socialwww.scientificamerican.com/article/deep...

#Bestsharkwww.science.org/doi/10.1126/...