Cape Town Great White Sharks Disappear

30 2019 12 00 pm.

Cape town great white sharks disappear.

Cape town s world famous great whites have vanished according to local shark spotters. By linda nordling aug. Then in 2017 the number of great white sightings recorded by the shark spotters plummeted to 57. The orcas that eat them the fishermen who sell their prey to australia for use in fish and chips.

In 2018 this figure dropped further to just 50. For the past 18 months the cape town municipality has been monitoring the gradual disappearance of great white sharks from false bay. Great white sharks have suddenly disappeared from one of their favorite hangouts. The apex predator.

As great white sharks disappear cape town searches for reasons by. Sightings of white sharks carcharodon carcharias have crashed this. In the space of three years cape town s apex predators had literally disappeared. September 30 2019 12 00 am edt updated on september 30 2019 10 37 am edt 5 03.

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. Experts are baffled by the development. The shark spotters applied research programme has been monitoring great white activity and behavioural ecology in false bay since 2004. By 2019 there were zero recorded sightings mirrored by a complete absence of white sharks in cage diving encounters.

Cape town residents don t know who to blame for the disappearance of their great white sharks. Working in tandem with a conservation group called shark. Johannesburg south africa not a single great white shark has been spotted this year in a bay on south africa s coast which until recently. Great whites vanish from cape town s waters 06 13.