Wednesday, 20 May 2015

The Grey Nurse Shark



Distribution of the Grey nurse shark Population along the east coast of Australia.
 (Department of the Environment 2015)
The Grey Nurse shark (Charcharias Taurus) is found on the east/west coast of Australia. As most sharks the grey nurse has certain life characteristics that hinder its ability to procreate as quickly as it is being harvested(Department of Environment 2015). 



Characteristics which make sharks unable to recover as fast as they are being harvested(Tomic 2014)