Issue 2025.02

Full Impact

Documenting Sharks in Danger

Words and Image by Tommy Trenchard

I captured this image during a research expedition by the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise to document the bycatch of sharks in international waters in the Atlantic Ocean. Unwanted bycatch is typically discarded by commercial fishing boats targeting a different species, but sharks as bycatch are kept and sold, commanding a high commercial market price in primarily Asian markets.

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