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- University of Exeter researchers launched a three-year shark study funded with almost £1 million from Natural England.
- The project will tag porbeagle, tope, school and blue sharks using forty £1,500 tags for about 45 days.
- Anglers contribute catch data to the Pat Smith Database, providing citizen-science records of shark distribution.
- Direct commercial fishing and accidental bycatch are identified as the biggest threats to UK sharks.
