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Deep-sea sharks often produce relatively few offspring compared to many shallow-water fish species.
Like many deep-sea sharks, Pacific sleeper sharks exhibit slow growth and late maturity, meaning reproductive age may not be reached until many years into their long lifespan.
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💥 Impact (click to read)
In a species that can exceed 6 meters in length, delayed maturity means each breeding adult represents decades of survival in high-pressure, food-limited environments before contributing to the next generation.
This life-history strategy makes population recovery extremely slow, so even limited fishing pressure can have outsized impacts on a predator that appears physically unstoppable but is biologically fragile.
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