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The oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) generally lives in the open ocean. Photo: Simon Lorenz/WWF-Hong Kong
May 28, 2021
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WWF urges all states fishing for tuna to implement a set of urgently needed measures – including 100% observer coverage on all industrial fishing vessels by 2030 and recovery plans for all critically endangered and endangered oceanic sharks and rays by 2026 – in order to prevent extinctions and restore heavily depleted populations of pelagic sharks and rays. A recent study revealed that global populations of open ocean sharks and rays have declined by 71% since the 1970s...

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