Shark and ray populations in the world’s oceans have declined by 71% in the past half-century, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. Overfishing and a complex, incomplete global patchwork of fishing regulations are driving the decrease in these slow-to-reproduce populations. The World’s environment correspondent Carolyn Beeler reports.
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