‘We sell it in secret, like drugs’: Brazil’s appetite for shark meat puts species under threat Despite curbs on certain species, trade in the cheap fish is booming. But worried conservationists say most people do not even realise they are eating shark

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"The fact that few Brazilians realise they are eating shark has probably helped make it ubiquitous."

(PDF) Global shark fishing mortality still rising despite widespread regulatory change PDF | Over the past two decades, sharks have been increasingly recognized among the world’s most threatened wildlife and hence have received heightened... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...

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"...we show that widespread legislation designed to prevent shark finning did not reduce mortality but that regional shark fishing or retention bans had some success."