Between 2000 and 2012, boats from eight EU nations including the UK have reported catches of about 13 million blue sharks, 7.5 million smoothhound sharks, 55 million catsharks and 1 million tope sharks. None of the species have any catch limit. Many are bycatch from longline fishing that is meant to target tuna and swordfish and, due to a lack of reporting, the real numbers are estimated to be three to four times higher. Sharks themselves are increasingly a target, with blue shark catches trebling in the last decade, both for their fins and to be ground up into fishmeal. Read more: theguardian/environment/2014/jul/02/uk-government-pledges-to-fight-unlimited-atlantic-shark-fishing
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 06:34:58 +0000
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