Nowadays, seventeen shark species are in danger of extinction

News24xx.com -  According to International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), seventeen shark species are in danger of extinction. Despite their deadly bite, huge size and frightening reputation, sharks are also surprisingly vulnerable and their numbers are dwindling.

“Our results are alarming and yet not surprising, as we find the sharks that are especially slow-growing, sought-after, and unprotected from overfishing tend to be the most threatened,” said Nicholas Duvy, the co-chair of IUCN’s Shark specialist Group at Simon Fraser University, as cited from IFL Science.

The fastest shark species, shortfin mako shark, is the most worrying. The number decreases by 60 percent in the Atlantic in the last 75 years.

Sharks are often sought after, especially in Asia where it is eaten as delicacy. They are captured to make shark-fin soup and liver oil.

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