Underreported: Sharks under Threat

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

One-third of the world's open ocean shark species are threatened with extinction. On today’s second Underreported we'll speak with Merry Camhi, a member of the Shark Specialist Group with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and lead editor of the book Sharks of the Open Ocean.

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