Recovery of Sharks within a well enforced MPA - Paper!

Very nice - watch!

Paper here, synopsis here.

I must say that contrary to other papers looking at different aspects of those reefs off Western Australia where I am weary of some of the conclusions, I am quite impressed by this one as the evidence for the rapid recovery of those Sharks appears to be rock solid as e.g. evidenced by the video below.

This is good news indeed.

Provided that there is strict enforcement, MPAs appear to be an effective tool in the protection of at least those comparatively less migratory coastal Sharks - and if so, there is certainly reason for hope.

Of course for us this is nothing new.

But good to see our data (and here!) confirmed by research from other parts of the word.

Enjoy the paper!