Demand for shark fin soup has pummeled hammerhead shark populations. And some of those sharks are taken from already decimated stocks, finds a new analysis that uses DNA to pinpoint the origins of hammerhead fins sold at market.
ENDANGERED An estimated 1 million to 3 million hammerhead sharks are killed each year for their fins, which can fetch $120 per kilogram in some markets.
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