Summary
Sharks are losing lots of friends because too many are taken away 📉.
Scientists say shark numbers fell a lot since the 1970s 😢.
Key Points
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Sharks are being caught at the Dakar harbor for their fins.
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Their numbers have dropped about 71% since 1970.
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This is caused by large‑scale fishing that takes too many sharks.
New Words to Learn
8 wordsillegal
against the rules
shark fins
the flat parts on a shark's back that people sometimes use
population
the total number of sharks
industrial fishing
big boats that catch lots of fish
decline
getting smaller
plummeted
fell down very quickly
hotspot
place where something happens a lot
Dakar
the main city and big port of Senegal in Africa
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