Back in 2012, False Bay, Cape Town, recorded 47 shark predations in a single day. But for more than a year now, nobody there has recorded a great white. Not one. The great whites of False Bay have vanished.
False Bay, Cape Town The squat clump of rock barely qualifies as an island. It is even hard to make it out from the shoreline of Cape Town's False Bay.
Up close, though, almost every inch of Seal Island is covered by the Cape fur seals that gave it its name. They shuffle clumsily over the bare island, flopping into the bay with each passing swell. Unsurprisingly, Seal Island, has been a virtual fast food outlet for the ocean's most fearsome apex predator.Read More .m-infographic--1571412023236 { background: url no-repeat 0 0 transparent; margin-bottom: 30px; padding-top: 80.
Great white shark caught on camera near Cape Cod 00:39But again, Andreotti is skeptical. And research has already shown that the South African population have bred very little with whites in Australia or in the Atlantic. While sharks do enjoy a seal meal, the answer might be with South Africa's commercial fishing sector. There has been a steady increase in demersal fishing for sharks and rays for consumption as fish and chips in Australia.
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