Silky shiver (IMAGE)

Save Our Seas Foundation

Silky shiver

Caption

Pelagic sharks are in deep trouble. Once a common sighting around the oceanic islands of the Eastern Tropical Pacific, large shivers of silky sharks are becoming rarer due to ongoing global population declines mainly from overfishing.

Credit

Pelayo Salinas de León

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Photographer to be credited for image use.

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