Mediterranean 'ghost' great-white population confirmed
Key Questions
What confirms the Mediterranean 'ghost' great white population?
A 160-year review, plus juvenile sightings/eDNA in SE Spain and Sicily, and Lamnidae in Mallorca, confirm a remnant population thought extinct.
What is happening in South Africa's False Bay?
Great whites have declined due to orca liver hunts, with eight carcasses found, leading to shark exodus; Mossel Bay implemented exclusion zones.
Any recent great white sightings in Australia?
A 5m great white circled Robe Island (viral video); DNA matches Bent Tip/Ripple from Portland.
What shark activities in Mossel Bay?
Second swim for sharks completed in Mossel Bay waters amid exclusion efforts post great white disappearances.
How does this relate to global trends?
False Bay's decline mirrors orca predation patterns seen elsewhere, like CA pods hunting GW livers, contrasting with Mediterranean 'ghost' confirmations.
160-year review + SE Spain juvs/eDNA Sicily; Mallorca Lamnidae; False Bay decline (orca liver hunts: 8 SA carcasses/shark exodus, Aus Portland Bent Tip/Ripple DNA match); Mossel Bay exclusion; Robe Island 5m GW circling (viral).