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[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I hope you are right, 100 million sharks a year is a lot of sharks to lose

[–] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Aren't most of those only a few species of shark?

Trawling doesn't discriminate and the sharks are usually injured so badly that they die a slow painful death after being thrown overboard again, that's if they're not dead already.