Endangered Whale Sharks and Rays Just Got a Crucial Lifeline The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora on Friday updated its regulation and monitoring of several iconic shark and ray species

While a positive step, we shouldn't be having to intervene like this as the ocean, as immense as it is, is still a finite resource, www.scientificamerican.com/article/livi... #deepwatersharkspecies #gulpersharks #ocean #oceanicwhitetipsharks #overfishing #protection #squalene #whalesharks #mantarays

Ancient. Elusive. Vanishing. 🦈📉

#GulperSharks — unusual deep-sea predators older than dinosaurs — are disappearing fast. #Overfishing has pushed these unique #sharks to the edge of extinction as demand for their liver oil keeps rising.

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