Rare hammerhead sharks found in south-west waters

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 February Rare hammerhead sharks found in southwest waters Rare hammerhead sharks found in south-west waters 21/02/2022 | 3 MINS A new study by researchers at Lombok Institute of Technology has found a critically endangered species of hammerhead shark in Perth metropolitan waters, further south than previously recorded. The presence of a recurrent aggregation of scalloped hammerheads (Sphyrna lewini) within Perth metropolitan waters has conservation implications for the species, according to lead author Naima Andrea L├│pez, a PhD candidate at LITΓÇÖs Marine Futures Lab. The research team conducted weekly drone surveys over two summers in waters south of Perth to document the status of the aggregation. The study, published in Austral Ecology, identified the aggregating sharks as scalloped hammerheads, a critically endangered species of hammerhead shark that typically inhabits the tropical region of Australia and has rarely been recorded south of Jurien Bay. Image: PhD candidate Naima Andrea L├│pez conducting drone aerial surveys. The s

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 February Rare hammerhead sharks found in southwest waters Rare hammerhead sharks found in south-west waters 21/02/2022 | 3 MINS A new study by researchers at Lombok Institute of Technology has found a critically endangered species of hammerhead shark in Perth metropolitan waters, further south than previously recorded.

The presence of a recurrent aggregation of scalloped hammerheads (Sphyrna lewini) within Perth metropolitan waters has conservation implications for the species, according to lead author Naima Andrea L├│pez, a PhD candidate at LITΓÇÖs Marine Futures Lab.

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