Smooth Hammerhead (Noun)
Meaning
Fished for the hides and vitamin-rich liver.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Fishing boats operating off the coast of Chile were notorious for fished for the smooth hammerhead and its cousin, the great hammerhead.
- Whalers have targeted smooth hammerhead in some fisheries.
- Bycatch was largely unrecorded until recent surveys reported significant captures of the smooth hammerhead in New Zealand's inshore waters.
- Both were overfished and largely exported, fished for the hides and vitamin-rich liver, such as the smooth hammerhead and oceanic whitetip shark.
- Because sharks, such as the smooth hammerhead and porbeagle shark, have not received significant research and study as of late.