Abandoned fishing net on Pulau Semakau kills 14 endangered blacktip reef sharks

One of the 14 blacktip reef sharks killed by a gill net found by researchers on Pulau Semakau. - MARCUS NG

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): An abandoned fishing net on Pulau Semakau has caused the deaths of 14 blacktip reef sharks, which are threatened with extinction in Singapore.

Carcasses of the reef fish and other marine life, including what is suspected to be a critically-endangered honeycomb whipray, were discovered ensnared in a 300m-long gill net on Tuesday morning by researchers.