
Scientists Add Shark Species To Endangered List
February 23, 2007 @ 08:53 AM (EST)
Source: Dnaindia.com
Scientists added several species of deep sea sharks on Thursday to the World Conservation Union's (IUCN) endangered Red List due to overfishing.
At a meeting in Oxford, England, the scientists listed all three species of thresher sharks -- known for their scythe-like tails -- as "vulnerable globally", and moved the shortfin mako to "vulnerable today" from "near threatened".
"The qualities of pelagic sharks -- fast, powerful, wide-ranging -- too often lead to a misperception that they are resilient to fishing pressure," said Sarah Fowler of the IUCN's Shark Specialist Group...
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