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Shark and ray populations have dropped 70% and are nearing point of no return, study warns
CNN
1/28/2021
By Jessie Yeung, CNN
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Some species of sharks and rays could disappear from our seas altogether after a sharp drop in their numbers due to overfishing in the past 50 years.
A study published Wednesday in the journal Nature found that shark and ray populations fell by 71.1% from 1970 to 2018.
Knowing that this is a global figure, the findings are stark, said Nick Dulvy, a biologist at the Simon Fraser University and a co-author of the study. If we don t do anything, it will be too late. It s much worse than other animal populations we ve been looking at. ....

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