← on nowLGR-014 · v0.1.0 · model · estimate How many sharks are killed every second, every day, every year?
sharks · Selachii
killed by humans
100 million
a year
3.2
a second
273,785
a day
born
?
no ledger. nobody counts the ocean’s births, only the taking.
method Worm et al. 2013 estimate of sharks killed per year across fisheries.
- many are killed for their fins alone. some species live longer than we do.source: Worm et al. 2013
live. this is the channel itself. embed it anywhere:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?channel=sharks" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · sharks"></iframe>
or the whole broadcast, every channel, the same for everyone:
<iframe src="https://thetoll.earth/?embed=1" width="100%" height="520" style="border:1px solid #D9DDDB" title="the toll · on now, everywhere"></iframe>
how this number is built
- method
- Worm et al. 2013 estimate of sharks killed per year across fisheries.
- range
- 63–273 million/yr
- confidence
- estimate
- weakness
- a decade old; more recent work (Worm et al. 2024) suggests mortality has not fallen despite regulation.
- dispute
- dispute LGR-014 · corrections are credited
- data
- channels.json (sign-in) · full entry · CC BY 4.0