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Dead Basking Shark Highlights Pollution and Overfishing Crisis

11/6/2025

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A dead basking shark, over 4 meters long, was found on a Moray beach with plastic in its stomach.
The shark was a young male, and researchers took samples for analysis.
Experts say global over-fishing threatens sharks, while habitat loss and pollution also affect populations.
Separately, strandings of a porbeagle and a blue shark occurred in northeast Scotland, but officials say they are not connected.

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Story summary

A dead basking shark, over 4 meters long, was found on a Moray beach with plastic in its stomach.
The shark was a young male, and researchers took samples for analysis.
Experts say global over-fishing threatens sharks, while habitat loss and pollution also affect populations.
Separately, strandings of a porbeagle and a blue shark occurred in northeast Scotland, but officials say they are not connected.