Talk:Kitefin shark

Latest comment: 15 years ago by Yzx in topic Exploited or just Used?
Good articleKitefin shark has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 20, 2009.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that, like the related cookiecutter shark, the kitefin shark (pictured) sometimes feeds by taking bites out of animals larger than itself?
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Exploited or just Used?

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The use of the word "exploited" in "Human Interactions" sounds to me emotive and NPOV HieronymousCrowley (talk) 08:26, 20 June 2009 (UTC)Reply

"Exploitation" is a standard term used by government agencies and conservation groups for fishery activities. See here for an example. -- Yzx (talk) 17:51, 20 June 2009 (UTC)Reply