The hunt for Europe’s great white shark – video

American research group Ocearch has more than 15 years’ experience in catching, tagging and tracking great white sharks all over the world.

This contributes to filling in the many gaps in knowledge about the ocean predator.

Ocearch came to Europe for the first time in the summer, hoping to study the elusive Mediterranean great white – about which little is known.

Due to decades of overfishing, pollution and poaching in European waters, these sharks are now critically endangered, with huge consequences lower down the food chain.

Ocearch believe that in showing these sharks are present in the east Atlantic, they can kickstart a collective move towards healthier, abundant seas.

They just need to prove they are there.

This article by Richard Sprenger, Kyri Evangelou, Jem Talbot, Sinead McCausland and Temujin Doran was first published by The Guardian on 16 October 2024. Lead Image: Pieter De Pauw, Getty Images.

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