Where james cook university is located has sound policies for protecting sharks.
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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.
Dr mat vickers was bitten by a shark while snorkelling on the great barrier reef.
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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A massive global study of the world s reefs has found sharks are functionally extinct on nearly one in five of the reefs surveyed.
Gray reef shark getty images sharks are now functionally extinct from reefs.
Jessica cramp sharks pacific checklist of niue sharks and rays.
Jcu phd candidate madalyn cooper is a molecular biologist and self confessed flat shark fanatic.
Matt knott is a post graduate student from canada studying marine biology and ecology at james cook university in townsville australia.
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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.
Colin is a graduate of james cook university having undertaken both his undergraduate and postgraduate training in townsville.
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Current number of chimaera species.
He said of the 371 reefs surveyed in 58 countries sharks were rarely seen on close to 20 percent of those reefs.
Current number of ray species.
Current number of shark species.
He is interested in advancing shark research to improve fisheries and conservation efforts throughout the tropics.
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