Commercial fishing is the biggest threat to hammerheads, with 370t of hammerhead sharks legally allowed to be caught every year in Australian waters (1). DNA ...

They are very vulnerable to being caught as bycatch by trawls, purse-seine nets, gillnets and longlines.

Unfortunately, scalloped hammerheads have been overfished throughout much of their geographic distribution. Their fins are highly valuable, and their habit of ...

Why is the Scalloped Hammerhead Shark threatened? · Commercial, recreational and shark meshing bather protection fisheries are the primary threats to the ...

The IUCN cites overfishing as the main cause for the drop in population numbers.

In 2019, due to a rapidly decreasing global population and their low reproductive capacity, Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks were reclassified from endangered to ...

15 окт. 2023 г. · These iconic sharks are among the world's most threatened species due to over-fishing. And incredibly they are still legally fished in Australia ...

27 июл. 2018 г. · Regulations have helped protect the population, but the sharks are still at risk from commercial fisheries who prize their oil, meat, and skin.

4 февр. 2023 г. · The great hammerhead shark is particularly threatened by commercial fishing practices due to its sizeable fins, prized in Southeast Asian ...