IPFS News Link • Environment
Pacific reef sharks have declined by more than 90 percent, new study says
• http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Juliet Eilperin“Our results suggest humans now exert a stronger influence on the abundance of reef sharks than either habitat quality or oceanographic factors,” the authors wrote.
Near populated islands such as the main Hawaiian Islands and American Samoa, the study found, there were roughly 26 sharks per square mile. Remote reefs such as the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands or Johnson Atoll, by contrast, boasted 337 sharks per square mile.