White Sharks

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Numbers don’t add up: About 12 years ago more than 400 great white sharks were seen off the coast of Gansbaai. . The population may have moved eastwards but the shark counts there don’t reflect this.(Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

POPULATION DECLINE

SA’s great white sharks need urgent protection, say marine biologists

Researchers don’t want authorities let off the hook over the dwindling great white shark population

Sheree Bega