In this study, Balchin and colleagues compiled citizen science data on shark sightings from professional scuba divers working in diving tourism ... Banks reef of South Africa.

This is the dramatic moment a huge great white shark sunk its teeth into a diving cage in South Africa. The horrifying scene, which was captured by Ewan Wilson on a shark dive in Mossel Bay ...

It’s definitely worth doing. Alas, the great white underbelly of South Africa’s amazing undersea wildlife is the growing phenomenon of shark cage diving—where tourists (mostly unlicensed ...

Gansbaai, is a remote fishing town along South Africa’s western cape ... the joint is notorious as one of the world’s best shark diving areas, with proliferous white shark sightings ...

And the annual $59 million local shark diving industry that sprouted up ... So, tourists coming to South Africa can still have an amazing shark experience, but sadly, it’s not with the great ...

“We found in total 20 sharks,” said Dr Ralph Watson, 33, a marine biologist with local conservation and diving group ... threat to shark populations on coastal South Africa,” said Dr Towner.

The authors add: “Our study provides a really good example of how shark diving operators and scientists ... 0318011 Author countries: U.K., South Africa Funding: The study was funded by the ...

"We found in total 20 sharks," said Ralph Watson, 33, a marine biologist with local conservation and diving group ... threat to shark populations on coastal South Africa," said Towner.