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Greenland fishermen want to cull 1,000 sharks that can live over 400 years with $45 per heart bounty

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Oliveira, A. (2026, October 8). Greenland fishermen want to cull 1,000 sharks that can live over 400 years with $45 per heart bounty. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/07/world-news/greenland-fishermen-want-to-cull-1000-sharks-that-can-live-over-400-years-with-45-per-heart-bounty/

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Greenland fishermen are seeking to cull 1,000 Greenland sharks due to damage caused by the sharks tangling in fishing gear, which costs local fishers tens of thousands of dollars annually. The Avannaata municipality on Greenland’s west coast approved a measure offering $45 per shark heart but later blocked it amid concerns over the sustainability and biological sensitivity of the species, listed as "vulnerable" since 2020 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Critics argue that addressing underlying issues such as overfishing and excess fishing boats would better resolve conflicts between fishers and sharks.

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In February 2023, the Avannaata municipality in Greenland's west coast approved a plan to cull 1,000 Greenland sharks due to their interference with local fishing operations. Fishermen complained about losing significant amounts of gear, with some reporting losses worth up to $4,500 daily. The proposed scheme would have offered fishermen approximately $45 per shark heart as compensation for the cull. However, concerns over the legality and ecological impact led Greenland’s government to block the plan shortly after its approval. Greenland sharks can live up to 400 years, reaching sexual maturity around 150 years old, making them vulnerable to such large-scale population reduction efforts. Environmental organizations suggested alternative measures like compensation for lost gear and acoustic deterrents to protect both fishermen's livelihood and shark populations.

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Greenland fishermen want to cull 1,000 Greenland sharks — which can live over 400 years, making them the longest-living vertebrates on Earth — with one municipality offering $45 per heart before the measure was blocked. asserted

measure → want → heart

The mass-culling was approved by the Avannaata municipality on Greenland’s west coast in February, answering pleas from local fishermen who complained the lumbering 20-foot sharks frequently foul themselves in fishing lines at the cost of tens of thousands of dollars. “This year I’ve lost around 6,000 hooks in total. asserted

I → approve → total

Sometimes we lose 30,000 Danish krone a day,” 27-year-old fisherman Henrik Jensen told The Guardian. asserted

Jensen → lose → Guardian

Those 30,000 krone equate to about $4,500 worth of gear regularly lost in a single day — which prompted local leaders to bring the Greenland shark culling proposal to a vote earlier this year. asserted

which → equate → vote

“We need to safeguard the income of fishers and the catch so that we can continue to eat the foods that we have relied on for generations,” said Avannaata Mayor Lars Erik Gabrielsen. asserted

Gabrielsen → need → generations

But the measure was soon blocked by critics who feared it would do irreversible damage to the extremely unique Greenland shark, which becomes sexually mature at the old age of 150 and is believed to gestate its young for over a decade — meaning populations can take an extremely long time to recover. asserted

populations → block → time

“They are probably — biologically — the most sensitive species in the ocean to overfishing,” said Nick Dulvy, a Simon Fraser University marine conservationist. asserted

Dulvy → say → overfishing

Greenland sharks were also listed as a “vulnerable” species in 2020 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, PEOPLE reported. asserted

PEOPLE → list → Nature

The sharks largely live in the cold coastal waters around Greenland, northern Canada and Europe, and can travel about 1,240 miles per year — a fact the Oceans North Kalaallit Nunaat (ONKN) said would negate the culling, arguing new sharks would simply arrive to replace the old. asserted

sharks → live → old

“Initiating a bounty system of this magnitude is a risky path,” ONKN said of the proposed culling plan — while cautioning that even though it was blocked this time, it could still arise in the future. uncertain

it → initiate → future

“The shark is the visible, tangible version of a problem whose real drivers are structural,” said ONKN director Jenseeraq Poulsen, arguing that overfishing and an excess of boats across Greenland fisheries were the real problems the shark culling was tying to address. asserted

culling → say → fisheries

Greenland fishermen want to cull 1,000 sharks that can live over 400 years with $45 per heart bounty

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