Sentences with phrase «oceanic shark populations»

Using the largest data set in the Northwest Atlantic, we show rapid large declines in large coastal and oceanic shark populations.

Not exact matches

For example, the oceanic whitetip shark population has declined by 99 % during the second half of the twentieth century.

The decimation of the shark population is a serious concern as it has a detrimental trickle - down effect for the entire oceanic food chain.

Critically endangered populations of hammerhead and oceanic white tip sharks have plummeted by 70 % and 99 % in the North Atlantic respectively according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.