Sharks face rising odds of extinction even as other big fish populations recover
Conservation efforts and fishery management have allowed tuna and billfish to recover
![Fishers pull in a large Atlantic bluefin tuna from choppy seas](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/111022_jb_tuna-billfish-sharks_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Large, predatory, open ocean fish — a group that includes Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) like this one — have benefitted from successful fisheries management and conservation efforts in recent decades.
Iñigo Onandia