microrobert
05-27-2013, 06:13 PM
Are there too few great white sharks off California?
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Push by some groups to list the species as endangered centers on the only census ever attempted. But some scientists say the population is large and healthy.
It's a mystery of the sea: How many great white sharks are prowling near California's surf lines?
Some scientists say the population is large and healthy. Others say it is alarmingly small. No one has ever known for certain, but the question has become crucial this year.
State and federal authorities are weighing a request to classify the fish scientists know as Carcharodon carcharias as an endangered species worth preserving at all costs, a step that could, among other things, wipe out what's left of a gill net fishing industry that inadvertently snares great whites.
Are there too few great white sharks off California? - latimes.com (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-great-white-sharks-20130526,0,1654596.story)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/White_shark.jpg/640px-White_shark.jpg
Push by some groups to list the species as endangered centers on the only census ever attempted. But some scientists say the population is large and healthy.
It's a mystery of the sea: How many great white sharks are prowling near California's surf lines?
Some scientists say the population is large and healthy. Others say it is alarmingly small. No one has ever known for certain, but the question has become crucial this year.
State and federal authorities are weighing a request to classify the fish scientists know as Carcharodon carcharias as an endangered species worth preserving at all costs, a step that could, among other things, wipe out what's left of a gill net fishing industry that inadvertently snares great whites.
Are there too few great white sharks off California? - latimes.com (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-great-white-sharks-20130526,0,1654596.story)