Endangered sharks are dying at alarming rates in the Pacific Ocean, with industrial fishing vessels catching them as “bycatch” – unintended catches while targeting other fish. Greenpeace recently exposed this crisis by directly confronting a Spanish fishing vessel north of New Zealand. Activists aboard Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior ship watched as the Spanish vessel Playa Zahara hauled in and killed three endangered mako sharks in just 30 minutes. The Greenpeace team, including a trained shark handler, managed to free 14 animals caught on the vessel’s lines – eight near-threatened blue sharks, four swordfish, and an endangered longfin mako shark. “It was … Continue reading Endangered Sharks Killed: Spanish Vessel Slaughters 3 Makos in 30 Minutes as Blue Shark Bycatch Hits Record Levels