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June 11, 2008 Sharks have been "much maligned" and should be protected rather than feared, according to a study of the decline in shark numbers in the Mediterranean. Numbers of some shark species have fallen by 97 percent over the last two centuries because of overfishing, putting the sea's ecological balance at risk, says a report by the Lenfest Ocean Program in Washington. The report, released in Rome today, used archive accounts of sightings, fishermen's logs, records of shark landings and museum specimens to estimate the number and size of the Mediterranean sharks over the last 200 years.
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