Fishing venture turns up all kinds of weird deep-sea sharks

[Kenny]

Researcher on commercial fishing vessel says some species are likely new to science .. Trawler turns up weird deep-sea sharks - Technology & science - Science - OurAmazingPlanet - NBCNews.com

 

[Landshark]

Pretty cool stuff. Just wish there was a way to eliminate bycatch. Such a waste.

 

[Roberto]

"The sharks were caught as bycatch from depths of about 6,500 feet (2,000 meters)"

I never imagined that commercial fishing went that deep. Anyone know what particular species they fish for at that depth?

 

[Stuart]

Anyone know what particular species they fish for at that depth?

Whale turds. That's the bottom of the ocean.

Seriously though, there is a deep water fishery in several parts of the world. That's where orange roughy comes from (well, used to come from, until they wiped it out).

Orange roughy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And the whole story here:
http://www.mar-eco.no/learning-zone/backgrounders/deepsea_life_forms/orange_roughy_story

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[Kenny]

Populations of north-east Atlantic commercial deep-water fish such as black scabbardfish, orange roughy and roundnose grenadier have dwindled since deep-water fishing started in the area in the late 1980s but a quota system wasn’t introduced until 2003... The story and a very good site...Deep sea fish suffer far greater damage than was first thought at The End of the Line Blog