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Another white shark that was tagged off the South African coast swam to the southern coast of Australia and back within the year. A similar study tracked a different great white shark from South Africa swimming to Australia's northwestern coast and back, a journey of 20,000 km (12,000 mi; 11,000 nmi) in under nine months. [47]
Gordon's Bay (Afrikaans: Gordonsbaai) is a harbour town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is included in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality Eastern Suburbs region (formerly called Helderberg Basin). [ 2 ]
Great white shark: Mr. M was surfing with friends at Hole-In-The-Wall when he was attacked by a shark. They found his body an hour later with a right leg severed, along with a severed artery on the left leg. [30] Ian James Hill, 39: December 28, 1997: Pringles Bay, Western Cape Province: Unconfirmed, probably great white shark
Killed by shark in waist-deep water at approximately 4:20pm. Only his bathing trunks were recovered despite a three-day search for his body. [4] Michael Cohen 42: 2011-09-29: Great white shark: Fish Hoek, Western Cape: Leg bitten off and the other severed below the knee in a shark attack [5] [6] [7] Lloyd Skinner 37: 2010-01-12: Great white shark
The MPA provides protection for marine habitat and wildlife, including birds and threatened and endangered fish species. [1] The MPA is in near pristine condition, and is a suitable area for research on endangered fish species. It was designated as a Marine Protected Area in 1964. [1]
FAO (2000) Conservation and Management of Sharks Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries, Rome. ISBN 92-5-104514-3.; Fowler SL, Cavanagh RD, Camhi M, Burgess GH, Cailliet GM, Fordham SV, Simpfendorfer CA and Musick JA (comp. and ed.) (2005) Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras: The Status of the Chondrichthyan Fishes IUCN Shark Specialist Group, Status Survey.
English: Gordon's Bay is the smallest of three towns in the Helderberg region, so named after the Helderberg Mountain which is part of the Hottentots-Holland Mountains which dwarf the locality on two sides. Gordon's Bay was originally named "Fish Hoek", many years before the town of the same name, located on the western side of False Bay, was ...
The Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area is an inshore marine protected area around the Cape Peninsula, in the vicinity of Cape Town, South Africa.It was proclaimed in Government Gazette No. 26431 of 4 June 2004 in terms of the Marine Living Resources Act, 18 of 1998.