answer:“Around the world, sharks and rays are taken in fisheries ranging from small subsistence fisheries in inshore waters, to large industrialised fisheries in the open ocean. Since the 1950s, the number of sharks and rays caught around the world has greatly increased as traditional fisheries have declined, and due to increased demand for shark meat and liver oil. Since the1980s, there have been further increases in shark catches due to the demand for shark fins to make the traditional Asian delicacy, shark fin soup. The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation estimates that the global catch is over 100 million sharks and rays every year. Around the world many shark fisheries have declined or collapsed from fishing.” Sources