Scientists added several species of deep sea sharks on Thursday to the World Conservation Union's (IUCN) endangered Red List due to overfishing.At a meeting in Oxford, England, the scientists listed all three species of thresher sharks - known for their scythe-like tails - as "vulnerable globally", and moved the short-fin mako to "vulnerable today" from "near threatened"."The qualities of pelagic sharks - fast, powerful, wide-ranging - too often lead to a misconception that they are resilient to fishing pressure," said Sarah Fowler of the IUCN's Shark Specialist Group."This week, leading shark scientists from around the world highlighted the vulnerability of these species to overfishing and concluded that several species are now threatened with extinction on a global scale," she added.
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Guess that'll make the seas just that bit safer again then.
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