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Habitat Loss and Plastics
Climate change leads to the loss of coral reefs and and coastal areas This means sharks have fewer areas where they can breed hunt or protect their young Sharks can also accidentally eat plastic trash Plastic can block digestive tracts and damage stomach linings Plastic can also contain chemicals that are poisonous to sharks Bycatch
Fishing boats can catch
catch
sharks especially young sharks accidentally Gill nets are sometimes used to catch
fish They are attached to the ocean floor and sharks can get tangled in the nets and die Fast Fast but but Not Fast Fast Enough
Sharks are fast but but can’t outswim these dangers Sharks live a a a a long long time some for as as long long as as one hundred years This means that it can take longer for them to mature and they don’t reproduce quickly enough to repopulate their numbers 47