Communication topics to consider: Part 3 - Science - Year 11: Biology - Marine SHE

What's happening to our sharks?

Counting Sharks
Web article: 20 Feb 2017; UC Santa Barbara "The Current" - Julie Cohen
White shark populations are growing. Here's why that is good news.
Web article: 22 Jul 2015; The Conversation - George Burgess (image: Where there are groups of seals, there are sharks. Massachusetts Office of Energy and Environment, CC BY-NC)
Why Great White Sharks getting smaller should scare you
Blog post: 3 Dec 2013; Story of Size - Lindsay Gaskins
Fishing leads to significant shark population declines, researchers say
Web article: 1 Mar 2013; FIU News (Florida International University) - JoAnn Adkins
(image from Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_white_shark)

Penguins under threat from drowning in fishing nets
Web article: Dec 1 2017; The Conversation - Ursula Ellenberg: Honorary Lecturer, La Trobe University

Clues about endangered blue whale population
Web article: 7 Feb 2018; Australia's Science Channel - news desk (no author specified)
Towards elimination of cetacean bycatch in European waters - the committee report draft
PDF: n.d.; Environmental Investigation Agency, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Humane Society International (Europe) - this source presents these organisations' comments on the draft report from the PECH Committee and the amendments on the proposed Regulation.
WDC report reveals many EU countries ignore regulation to prevent whale and dolphin deaths in nets
Web article: 16 Nov 2017; uk.whales.org
Blue Whale lessons: a historical perspective
Blog post: 6 Dec 2013; The Story of Size - Catherine Chen