Source: Overseas Network
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Overseas network on May 17, the British "Daily Star" reported on the 16th that Malagasy fishermen found "four-legged fossil fish" coelacanth when catching sharks in the western Indian Ocean off the coast of the country. The species dates back 420 million years, and the species is thought to have gone extinct as early as 1938.
Part of the reason they reappear is that fishermen use gillnets when hunting sharks. Fishermen hunt sharks for their fins and oil, and the deep-sea fishing nets they use reach fish colonies about 328 to 429 feet below the water' surface. Coelacanth is a carnivorous fish that can live up to 60 years, grow to 6.5 feet tall, and weigh about 198 pounds.
Scientists in the country believe that this new type of shark fishing gillnet is very dangerous for coelacanth fish. Andrew Cook said he and other researchers were shocked by the increasing number of accidental captures of the creature. There is no doubt that today large fishing gillnets are the greatest threat to the survival of the Malagasy Echidna. (Overseas Network/Li Fang, Internship Editor/Cheng Xiao)