{"id":2178151,"date":"2024-10-23T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2178151"},"modified":"2025-05-27T13:52:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:52:42","slug":"the-hunt-for-europes-great-white-shark-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/the-hunt-for-europes-great-white-shark-video\/","title":{"rendered":"The hunt for Europe&#8217;s great white shark \u2013 video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American research group Ocearch has more than 15 years\u2019 experience in catching, tagging and tracking great white sharks all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>This contributes to filling in the many gaps in knowledge about the ocean predator.<\/p>\n<p>Ocearch came to Europe for the first time in the summer, hoping to study the elusive Mediterranean great white \u2013 about which little is known.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Ocearch believe that in showing these sharks are present in the east Atlantic, they can kickstart a collective move towards healthier, abundant seas.<\/p>\n<p>They just need to prove they are there.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"OCEARCH is Heading to Europe: Expedition Save the Med\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zUeZ0zHlzVs\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/video\/2024\/oct\/15\/the-hunt-for-europes-great-white-shark-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">article<\/a> by Richard Sprenger, Kyri Evangelou, Jem Talbot, Sinead McCausland and Temujin Doran was first published by The Guardian on 16 October 2024. 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