Cape Town Sharks Disappear

Cape town s travel website mentions that shark cage diving is one of the most popular activities among visitors to cape town credit.

Cape town sharks disappear.

An aerial survey carried out by the university of pretoria whale unit at the start of the month recorded only 200 southern right whales in the area the second lowest count in 24 years. The larger seven gill shark will be key to promoting marine conservation in. Great white sharks have disappeared from cape town south africa with nary a single shark having been spotted over the past 18 months. Unfortunately these magnificent creatures are in danger of becoming extinct and are already starting to disappear from cape town shores.

Long term absence could hurt marine environment and tourist industry tue nov 5 2019 01 00. Experts are baffled by the development. The great white shark is the biggest predatory fish in the world and is commonly found alongside southern african shores. Great white sharks which support south africa s shark diving industry and have been responsible for a number of fatal attacks off cape town haven t been seen in the region for 18 months.

Scientists are trying to figure out why though it s believed that food shortages related to climate change could be linked. Sightings of white sharks carcharodon carcharias have crashed this year in false bay near cape town south africa one of the best known hot spots of the predators in the world and scientists. Something fishy in false bay as great white sharks disappear cape town letter. Sightings of whales and sharks in cape town have declined in the past 18 months.

So where have they gone and why. Cape town s world famous great whites have vanished according to local shark spotters. The majority of the remaining great white s reside 170 km from the city in gansbaai. Research shows that great white sharks continue to disappear from parts of the western cape coast.

The apex predator.