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The Galapagos shark usually hunts near the sea bottom. Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR

Illegal fishing, plastic waste could wipe out the Mediterranean’s sharks

July 14, 2019 Sharks 1,050 Views

Overfishing, illegal practices and plastic pollution threaten to wipe out sharks and rays in the Mediterranean Sea, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned on Friday.

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