Dramatic decline in Aust shark numbers

By Hannah Higgins
Updated December 14 2018 - 6:36am, first published 6:32am
Despite the fear shark attacks generate, an expert says humans can co-exist with them safely.
Despite the fear shark attacks generate, an expert says humans can co-exist with them safely.

Shark populations off the east coast of Australia have plummetted in the past 55 years with some species - such as great whites and hammerheads - dropping by 92 per cent, new research shows.

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