Over the past year, record numbers of great white sharks have washed up on Canadian shores. Experts think this could be good news live science.
On August 7, a visitor to a beach on Prince Edward Island reported seeing a nearly 2.7-metre shark washed ashore. The individual became the fourth great white shark (Carcharodon carchariasRepresentatives of the Marine Animal Relief Society (MARS), who have been stranded on Canada’s Atlantic coast since October last year, reported on Facebook (the owner of Meta is considered an extremist and has been banned in Russia).
MARS has noted one or two such cases over the past two decades. This could be good news as it signals an increase in the population of an endangered species.
At the same time, animals washed ashore from different parts of Canada, meaning they are probably scattered throughout the Atlantic region of the country. In addition, three of them were children. The body of the last shark stranded was examined by biologists, who found no signs of injury in it.
Experts conclude that while there is no conclusive data to show that the Canadian white shark population is increasing, anecdotal reports suggest there are now more sharks than ever before.
Great white sharks in the Atlantic are listed as “endangered” as their population in the northwest Atlantic has declined by more than 70% due to fishing since the 1960s.
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