This piece from @lavozdegalicia-bot.bsky.social has uncovered an scenario I was not aware of: the global-scale Spanish shark fishery. Global in terms of both catches and trade
The EU (basically, Spain) export some 3000 tonnes of shark fins yearly to Asian countries
3 million kgs of shark fins
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This piece from @lavozdegalicia-bot.bsky.social has uncovered an scenario I was not aware of: the global-scale Spanish shark fishery. Global in terms of both catches and trade
The EU (basically, Spain) export some 3000 tonnes of shark fins yearly to Asian countries
3 million kgs of shark fins
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@pareidolia.bsky.social dîtes-moi que je suis pas le seul à voir un personnage !
Las lechuzas comunes (Tyto alba) son polimórficas, con plumajes que varían desde el rojizo oscuro al blanco brillante.
Este bonito estudio publicado en @currentbiology.bsky.social muestra que los machos blancos son más eficaces si cazan bajo la luz brillante de la luna.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
In 2024-2025 Spanish shark fin exports generated 110 M euro, at almost 20 euro per kg
This luxury-driven fin market sustains the shark fishery, which has to commercialize shark bodies...
so here come EU- and Spanish gov-funded campaings to consume weekly (!!!) threatened and Hg-loaded species
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The fishery is global. From 183 censused Spanish long-line vessels, 98 (more than half) are active in the southern Atlantic, the Pacific and/or the Indian Ocean
49 fish in the Mediterranean
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www.mapa.gob.es/es/prensa/ul...
