Shark and ray populations have dropped 70% and are nearing ‘point of no return,’ study warns

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By Jessie Yeung, CNN  8 hrs ago

Shark and ray populations have dropped 70% and are nearing ‘point of no return,’ study warns (msn.com)

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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.© SeaTops/imageBROKER/ShutterstockMandatory Credit: Photo by SeaTops/imageBROKER/Shutterstock (10027953a) Whitetip Oceanic Shark (Carcharhinus Longimanus) with Pilot Fish (Naucrates ductor), Brother Islands, Egypt VARIOUS

A studypublished Wednesday in the journal Naturefound 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…

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