Summary
Research shows global shark numbers have fallen about 71% since 1970.
The decline is linked to industrial‑scale fishing that removes large numbers of sharks.
Key Points
3 points1
Dakar port is a hotspot for the illegal shark fin market.
2
Shark populations worldwide have dropped roughly 71% since the 1970s.
3
Large‑scale commercial fishing is the primary cause of the rapid decline.
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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