July 5th, 2019

Hundreds of sharks and rays tangled in plastic

Hundreds of sharks and rays tangled in plastic

Press Release University of Exeter 5. July 2019 — — — — — — — — — — Hundreds of sharks and rays have become tangled in plastic waste in the world’s oceans, new research shows. University of Exeter scientists scoured existing published studies and Twitter for shark and ray entanglements, and found reports of

Shark and ray entanglement in anthropogenic marine debris

Shark and ray entanglement in anthropogenic marine debris

Global review of shark and ray entanglement in anthropogenic marine debris Kristian J. Parton, Tamara S. Galloway, Brendan J. Godley ABSTRACT: Numerous marine taxa become entangled in anthropogenic marine debris, including cartilaginous fishes (class: Chondrichthyes, e.g. elasmobranchs , holocephalans ). Here we review research that has been conducted on the susceptibility of