Male skate (Fenestraja sp.) with attached parasitic isopod seen towards the beginning of the dive. Photo by NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.

#SharksintheDark: Increased use and trade in deepwater sharks and rays needs to be closely monitored and managed to avoid increasing extinction risk. 🦑🌍🐟
 
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Dried skate for sale at Jagalchi, the country's largest seafood market, located in Busan, south of Seoul. Photo by Marius Stankiewicz.

#ElevatetheSkate: Increased demand for skate meat has incentivized skate retention around the world, particularly for the fermented skate meat (hongeo-hoe) markets.
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As much as we want to #ElevateTheSkate,
Sharks, rays, and chimaeras is better.