Fishing for oil and meat drives irreversible defaunation of deepwater sharks and rays
Most Cited Paper
in Marine and fisheries research
18 Months Post-Publication
Class of 2026
“Fishing for oil and meat drives irreversible defaunation of deepwater sharks and rays”
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Topics
deepwater sharks · deepwater rays · Overfishing · liver-oil trade · Population decline · long generation lengths · low recovery potentials · depth limits · spatial limits · catch regulations · bycatch mitigation · international trade regulation · defaunation · threatened megafauna
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Pepkio Research Index (PRI). Topics and Trends in Most Cited Marine and fisheries research Papers, Class of 2026. https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/marine-and-fisheries-research/2026. Accessed 2026-07-17. Zheng Su, Tinsley Li, Thematic Shifts in Early-High-Impact Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Research: A Bibliometric and Semantic Analysis. bioRxiv 2026.07.04.736459; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.04.736459