A report by Diego Cardeñosa, Stanley K. Shea, Huarong Zhang, Gunter Fischer,  Colin A Simpfendorfer, and Demian D. Chapman reports that the main threat to the extinction of one-third of the chondrichthyan species (sharks, rays, and chimeras) is unsustainable fishing. Large, easily accessible markets for meat and luxuries like dried fins can encourage the targeted capture or retention of high-value export species, contributing to overfishing. According to the study, which looked at the species composition of the Hong Kong shark fin market from 2014 to 2018, traded species are disproportionately found in threatened categories (70.9 per cent) and are all … Continue reading ⅓ Of The Sharks, Rays & Chimeras Species Are Might Go Extinct Due To Fishing