Bycatch
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Bycatch in commercial fisheries threatens sharks, rays, and skates. Bycatch is the unintentional capture of non-target species, and fisheries targeting tuna and billfish have a high impact on sharks. Rays and skates are mainly bottom dwellers greatly impacted by bottom trawl fisheries, which also impact bottom dwelling sharks.
Bycatch
- 1. Bycatch Bycatch in commercial fisheries is also a major threat. Bycatch is the unintentional capture of a non- target species. Fisheries targeting tuna and billfish in particular have a high impact on sharks. Rays and skates are also under threat from unintentional capture in commercial fisheries. They are greatly impacted by bottom trawl fisheries as they are mainly bottom dwellers. Bottom dwelling sharks are also impacted by this fishery.