Common stingrays Dasyatis pastinaca are plentiful this year, and artisanal fishermen in the Bay of Itea complain because they catch too many of them. Stingrays have little if any market value: they are mostly considered as bycatch and discarded once dead (like the animal portrayed in this image). Proliferation of stingrays is often associated with ecosystem unbalance caused by overfishing and other anthropogenic causes.
(Photo by M. Ferreira Da Silveira)
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