Tiger Sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught on set drum lines. Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia
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Tiger Sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught on set drum lines. Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia
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Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught on set drum line. Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia
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Dusky Shark (Carcharhinus obscurus), also known as Black Whaler and Bronze Whaler, which has been attacked by Tiger Sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier). Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia
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Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) caught on set drum line. Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia
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Fisherman with dead caught Sharks. South Africa
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Cape Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) and Kelp Gulls feeding on netted Fish behind a Hake Stern Trawler commercial fishing boat, whilst it is being pulled in. Cape Point, South Africa
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Pelagic shark caught in a longline. Photo taken at Cape Point, South Africa
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), with a stainless steel fishing hook in its mouth. Photo taken in False Bay, South Africa
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Shark jaw products for sale. Photo taken in Madagascar, near Africa
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), with a damaged dorsel fin. Photo taken in False Bay, South Africa
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), with a damaged dorsel fin. Photo taken in False Bay, South Africa
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), with a damaged dorsel fin. Photo taken in False Bay, South Africa
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Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), showing satelite tag damage to the dorsal fin. Photo taken in False Bay, South Africa
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Local fisherman releasing a Ragged-tooth Shark (Carcharias taurus), also known as Sand Tiger Shark and Grey Nurse Shark, caught in a beach seine net. False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
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Local fisherman releasing a Ragged-tooth Shark (Carcharias taurus), also known as Sand Tiger Shark and Grey Nurse Shark, from a beach seine net. Photo taken in False Bay, South Africa
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Bronze Whaler Sharks (Carcharhinus brachyurus), also known as Copper Shark and Cocktail Shark, Rays and various Fish caught in beach seine net. Cape Town, South Africa
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Bronze Whaler Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) caught in beach seine net, being measured, tagged and released. Also known as Copper Shark and Cocktail Shark. Cape Town, South Africa
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Bronze Whaler Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) caught in beach seine net, being tagged and released. Also known as Copper Shark and Cocktail Shark. Cape Town, South Africa
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Bronze Whaler Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) caught in beach seine net. Also known as Copper Shark and Cocktail Shark. Cape Town, South Africa
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Bronze Whaler Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) dorsal fin in beach shallows. Also known as Copper Shark and Cocktail Shark. Cape Town, South Africa
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Bronze Whaler Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) caught in beach seine net. Also known as Copper Shark and Cocktail Shark. Cape Town, South Africa
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Bronze Whaler Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) caught in beach seine net. Also known as Copper Shark and Cocktail Shark. Cape Town, South Africa
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White-spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) caught in gill net. Also known as Bonnet Skate, Duckbill ray and Spotted Eagle Ray. St Marie Island, Madagascar. Also found in Northern Australian waters.
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White-spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari) caught in gill net. Also known as Bonnet Skate, Duckbill ray and Spotted Eagle Ray. St Marie Island, Madagascar. Also found in Northern Australian waters.
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Bronze Whaler Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), caught in a traditional seine net and released by fisherman. Muizenberg beach, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Bronze Whaler Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), caught in a traditional seine net and released by fisherman. Muizenberg beach, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Bronze Whaler Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), caught in a traditional seine net and released by fisherman. Muizenberg beach, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Bronze Whaler Shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), caught in a traditional seine net and released by fisherman. Muizenberg beach, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Cape Gannets (Morus capensis) feeding behind fishing trawler. Cape Point, South Africa. These Gannets have also been sighted in Victoria, Australia.
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Dead Pacific Sharpnose Sharks (Rhizoprionodon longurio) on the deck of a longlining shark fishing panga. Sea of Cortez, Mulege, Baja, Mexico.
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Dead Pacific Sharpnose Sharks (Rhizoprionodon longurio) on the deck of a longlining shark fishing panga. Sea of Cortez, Mulege, Baja, Mexico.
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Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in beach shallows. Caught by Shark fishermen on a long-line. Holbox Island, Mexico.
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Spotted Eagle Ray wings (Aetobatus narinari) drying in the sun after being caught by fishermen. Holbox Island, Mexico.
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Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in beach shallows. Caught by Shark fishermen on a long-line. Holbox Island, Mexico.
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Discarded heads of Pacific Sharpnose Sharks (Rhizoprionodon longurio), Smooth Hammerhead Sharks (Sphyrna zygaena), numerous Guitarfishes and a filleted Butterfly Ray. Mulege, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
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Discarded heads of Pacific Sharpnose Sharks (Rhizoprionodon longurio), Smooth Hammerhead Sharks (Sphyrna zygaena), numerous Guitarfishes and a filleted Butterfly Ray. Mulege, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
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Mako and other shark and ray heads discarded by shark fishermen and gill netters in Guerero Negro, Baja, Mexico.
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Mako and other shark and ray heads discarded by shark fishermen and gill netters in Guerero Negro, Baja, Mexico.
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Mako and other shark and ray heads discarded by shark fishermen and gill netters in Guerero Negro, Baja, Mexico.
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Shark carcasses ready for auction at Deira fish market in Dubai, UAE. Mostly Blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) and Spottail Sharks (Carcharhinus sorrah).
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Shark carcasses ready for auction at Deira fish market in Dubai, UAE. Mostly Blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) and Spottail Sharks (Carcharhinus sorrah).
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Shark carcasses ready for auction at Deira fish market in Dubai, UAE. Mostly Blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) and Spottail Sharks (Carcharhinus sorrah).
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Dried and salted shark meat for sale at Deira fish market in Duba, UAE.
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Shark carcasses ready for auction at Deira fish market in Dubai, UAE. Mostly Blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) and Spottail Sharks (Carcharhinus sorrah).
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Smooth Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna zygaena), killed by fisherman at the Port Hughes Jetty, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
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Smooth Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna zygaena), killed by fisherman at the Port Hughes Jetty, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
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Packaged shark fins for shark fin soup, for sale in a Wal-Mart in the city of Nanning, Guangxi, South Western China.
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