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Millions of sharks are caught each year for their dorsal fins, which are prized for shark fin soup. Top predators like sharks are important to maintaining biodiversity, and their removal can have ripple effects through an ecosystem.
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Finned Sharks in South Africa

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A female napoleon wrasse swims by a reef
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An App Helps Scientists Combat Illegal Fish Trade

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Freshly cut dorsal fin from a scalloped hammerhead shark held by fisherman with knife.
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Shark Finning: Sharks Turned Prey

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Map showing the range of the eastern and western populations of Atlantic bluefin tuna and their spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Distribution Map

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King scallop in Lamlash Bay reserve
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A lesson learned twice: The Story of Scotland’s Marine Protected Areas

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A pile of bycatch species.
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Bycatch: The Cost of Catching What You Don’t Want

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a spear fisher with a speared tropical fish
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Fishing in the Solomon Islands

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In the early 1990s, the annual commercial harvest of Atlantic Bluefin tuna doubled.
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Commercial Catch of Atlantic Tuna

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Phoenix swimming with her calf.
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Baleen: From Whales to People

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A ship pulls a trawl.
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Midwater Trawl

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A skate is among the many bycatch species caught in this shrimp trawl net.
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Bycatch in Shrimp Net

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Tuna caught in the Indian Ocean show the huge scale of commercial fishing.
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Tuna Fishing

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