Publications regarding white shark populations in South Africa and the orca controversy
This page is your source for the articles and papers used in the preparation of Skyler Thomas's videos exposing South Africa's corrupt scientists who are selling out the white sharks to the fishing industry while scapegoating orcas.
Here are two excellent articles from The Daily Maverick out of South Africa which shed light on the less popular side of the orca / white shark disappearance news.
Part 1 focuses on the effects of the fishing industry.
Part 2 talks about the rebuttal to the distribution paper.
Part 1 focuses on the effects of the fishing industry.
Part 2 talks about the rebuttal to the distribution paper.
Download the full pdf of the paper favoring a distribution shift:
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Towner, Kock, and Dicken lead the charge encouraging people to look away from anthropocentric threats to white sharks and other species.
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Download the full pdf of the rebuttal paper:
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A few scientists are still fighting for the sharks. Sadly, their struggle includes battling the misinformation spread by corrupt scientists.
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Download the full pdf which discusses the threat removing even a small number of white sharks from a population.

RecoveryPotential.pdf |
Download the full pdf which admits the overlap of the demersal shark fishing industry with white shark movements as well as the catches of the Natal Sharks Board.

WhiteShark_Catches.pdf |