A dearth of knowledge According to estimates from New Zealand, 100 to 200 million sharks a year are now killed by commercial fishing fleets. American shark biologist Samuel Gruber, who has visited Taiwan, says that if these sharks were laid nose to tail, they would stretch five times round the world.
根據紐西蘭估計，如今全球每年總共有一到二億隻鯊魚死於商業漁船之手，曾經來過台灣的美國鯊魚學者格魯伯（Gruber）形容，若把這些鯊魚頭尾連接起來，足以繞地球五圈。