A massive global study of the world s reefs has found sharks are functionally extinct on nearly one in five of the reefs surveyed.
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He said of the 371 reefs surveyed in 58 countries sharks were rarely seen on close to 20 percent of those reefs.
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This doesn t mean there are never any sharks on these reefs but what it does mean is that they are functionally extinct they are not playing their normal role in the ecosystem said.
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Matt knott is a post graduate student from canada studying marine biology and ecology at james cook university in townsville australia.
She is working with collaborators around the world to resolve the global occurrence and distribution of sawfishes using environmental dna edna techniques.
Colin is a graduate of james cook university having undertaken both his undergraduate and postgraduate training in townsville.
Where james cook university is located has sound policies for protecting sharks.
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He is interested in advancing shark research to improve fisheries and conservation efforts throughout the tropics.
James cook university s professor colin simpfendorfer was one of the scientists who took part in the study published today in nature by the global finprint organisation.
Gray reef shark getty images sharks are now functionally extinct from reefs.
After completing his phd he worked on shark fisheries at the western australian fisheries department before moving to florida to work at the centre for shark research at mote marine laboratory.
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Current number of ray species.
Dr mat vickers was bitten by a shark while snorkelling on the great barrier reef.
Current number of chimaera species.