A pregnant female pelagic thresher shark. (VIDEO)

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Findings of a new Frontiers in Marine Science study showed that removing more than 5.3% of the population or more than 15 to 18 females per year would likely result in a decline of the studied thresher shark population.

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Gokgoz et al., 2026.

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