Tuesday - October 20, 2026
NOAA: Shark Depredation Tripled in 20 Years of Longline Survey
October 20, 2026
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news:

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Shark Depredation Tripled in 20 Years of Longline Survey

October 19, 2026

Twenty years of data collected on the Southeast Fisheries Science Center's annual Bottom Longline Survey reveal a trend of increasing depredation in the Gulf of America, as well as indications of the species responsible.

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