Mystery of great white sharks 'disappearing' from Cape Town coast - BBC News

For years, one of South Africa’s great tourist attractions has been the opportunity to see great white sharks up close.

But barely any great white sharks have been spotted off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa for two years now – where there used to be hundreds.

What's going on?

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[thepvporg]

Its not a mystery, its the Chinese fishing boats, they strip the sea of all life...

[AnyoneCanSee]

So it's the 25 million Australians and a few fish and chips meals that are to blame and not the fish diet of 1.4 BILLION CHINESE?
South Africa is deeply in debt to China and are certainly not going to blame them or stop them from overfishing.

[lamebubblesflysohigh]

I would start looking for them in freezers of Chinese fishing boats

[gm]

None of these animals can get a break from Chinese medicine.

[nicevideomancanada]

I was going to say Chinese Fishing, but everyone else beat me to it.

[terintiaflavius]

It's not a mystery. The chinese eat them.

[andyc]

Fish and chips in Australia how about shark fin soup in China???

[philipberry]

Fish and chip shops in Australia? Delusional.

[clebmedia]

I knew it was fish and chips from Australia that was to blame!!

[cantthinkofaname]

When your currency is tied in with the yuan so we just blame killer whales for the kidnapping.

[richardlang]

Don’t blame Australia, talk about miss informed, Chinese shark fin soup

[taniamans]

Swimming nets and over fishing by Chinese fishing boats

[mifuerzamorales]

*The only predator is the human being ...*

[claudiaribeiro]

I saw a great white jumping out of the water (breaching) close to Betty’s Bay area on Jan 24 of 2021. At a very unusual time of the day around 11:30 am. And it was close to the shore as well. It was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life 🤗

[nikkijackson]

Floppy dorsal fin in orcas is a sign of bad health/depression. If you watch Blackfish on Netflix all the orca in captivity had flopped over dorsal fins

[davidryan]

I’m Australian and can’t remember the last time I ate fish chips. What a moronic statement.

[Wodens-Wolf]

Stop the chinese and Japanese fishing boats finning the sharks and these majestic creatures will return if we're not to late.

[two_tier_gary_rumain]

Any Chinese fishing fleets in the area?

[eljanrimsa]

South African fishermen: catch small sharks to sell as fish & chips in Australia
Great White sharks: swim to Australia to eat the people who eat their fish

[GeorgeEstregan]

Chinese Fishing Militia w/ "Coast Guard" escort: Woah that's too bad...