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SUBMITTER: Roberson LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7506527 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Roberson Leslie A LA Watson Reg A RA Klein Carissa J CJ
Nature communications 20200921 1
Industrial-scale harvest of species at risk of extinction is controversial and usually highly regulated on land and for charismatic marine animals (e.g. whales). In contrast, threatened marine fish species can be legally caught in industrial fisheries. To determine the magnitude and extent of this problem, we analyze global fisheries catch and import data and find reported catch records of 91 globally threatened species. Thirteen of the species are traded internationally and predominantly consum ...[more]