Shark kills number 100 million annually, research says

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Source: BBC

1 March 2013 Last updated at 19:47 GMT

Shark kills number 100 million annually, research says

By Matt McGrath
Environment correspondent, BBC News

The most accurate assessment to date of the impact of commercial fishing on sharks suggests around 100 million are being killed each year.

The researchers say that this rate of exploitation is far too high, especially for a species which reproduces later in life.

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The report has been published in the Journal Marine Policy.

Researchers admit that establishing the true level of global shark fishing is extremely difficult, as the quality of the data is poor. Many sharks that are caught have their fins removed at sea with the body dumped overboard. These fish are often not included in official reports.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21629173

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1. You ought to see what killer rabbits do!!

I mean. Just look at the bones!

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2. Shame

flat-out SHAME on our whole species.

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3. Shark Fin Soup

Just a bump for this because I'm really disappointed to see shark fin soup on the menu at a Chinese restaurant in my hotel here in Hawaii. I would have hoped it would have been outlawed in the States, but I guess not.