Skating to Extinction?(fishing trawlers killing skates) From: Science News | Date: May 1, 1999| Author: RALOFF, JANET | COPYRIGHT 1999 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Trawlers in the Atlantic Ocean have been scooping up unintended fish. Some victims include skates, including the threatened barndoor skate. Some have petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service to classify the barndoor as a threatened species. Research has shown that larger skates are most affected by trawlers as they have longer reproduction and maturation times.

Some long-lived fish are facing accidental annihilation

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