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To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark
<p>As trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species</p><p>‘When I accidentally catch a shark, I bring it to my dogs,” Henrik Jensen, a 27-year-old from Greenland’s west coast, says casually. “I don’t let it back down because [the sharks] bully me and cut my lines.”</p><p>Jensen has fished for halibut in Ilulissat, Greenland’s third largest town, for a decade. He works an hour north of the town’s main iceberg-laden fishery, which sustains the livelihood of nearly 400 fishers. There, the halibut are bigger and more plentiful, but so are the Greenland sharks.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/05/to-cull-or-not-to-cull-greenland-debates-fate-of-worlds-slowest-shark">Continue reading...</a>
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