Assertion: basking shark | /r/HasProperty | fished
Facets:
value: mainly
type: OTHER
value: for shark fin soup
type: PURPOSE
value: currently
type: TEMPORAL
value: for meat
type: PURPOSE
value: commercially
type: MANNER
value: for fins
type: PURPOSE
value: for its liver oil
type: CAUSE
value: in the mid-1920s
type: TEMPORAL
value: in central california
type: LOCATION
value: until the 1960s
type: TEMPORAL
value: historically
type: TEMPORAL
value: widely
type: DEGREE
value: for its flesh for food
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: It was widely fished for its flesh for food, liver for squalene-rich oil, and hide for leather.
text: It is currently fished mainly for its fins (for shark fin soup).
text: She said: “We’ve had a few really bad years in terms of sightings although because basking sharks are a fish, they don’t have to come up to the surface.
text: they are fished for their meat, the liver oil containing many valuable acids and vitamins, and their fins.
text: The basking shark was historically fished in central California in the mid-1920s until the 1960s.
text: Basking sharks are fished commercially when they can be found.
text: Basking sharks were once fished commercially in Scottish waters for shark liver oil, which was used in various industries.
text: This is probably because, up until the mid 1990s, the basking shark was actually considered to be commercially valuable and was fished for its liver oil, meat, and fins.
text: It is currently fished mainly for its fins (for shark fin soup).
text: It is currently fished mainly for its fins (for shark fin soup).
text: The basking shark is a fish that is extensively found across the moderate waters, continental shelves, and boreal waters.