I actually fact checked this and it's true.
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That's not even 0.1% of the total fish we kill every year. Granted, that's just sheer numbers, not weight
My point being we sure as heck could be eating that many fins
Delicious mercury.
Sharks hunt smaller predatory fish, which hunt for the same fish as humans. By killing sharks the fishermen are actually increasing their competition.
Huh? what are these smaller predatory fish that we don't eat?
smaller sharks for instance.
Commercial fishing is literally the worst thing in the world, in my opinion, and that's just one fun example of why
And meanwhile there have been 108 attacks on humans in 2022
https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/yearly-worldwide-summary/