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NEWPORT, Ore. – The population of white sharks that call the Central California coast their primary home is holding steady at about 300 animals and shows some signs of growth, a new long-term study of the species has shown. Between 2011 and 2018, researchers were able to identify hundreds of individual adult and subadult white sharks, which are not fully mature but are old enough to prey on marine mammals. They used that information to develop estimates of the sharks’ abundance. “The finding, a result of eight years of photographing and identifying individual sharks in the grou...

N. California waters see more great white sharks Increasing population seen as good sign for area By Paul Rogers, The Mercury News Published: June 1, 2021, 6:03am Share: The Monterey Bay coastline in Northern California. The area has seen an increase in great white sharks in recent years as water temperatures have warmed. (Dreamstime) SAN JOSE, Calif. — You’re still far more likely to see them in movies or TV shows than in person, but the number of great white sharks appears to be increasing along the Northern California coast, say scientists who tracked hundreds of th...

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Great white shark population along California coast booming By Julia Musto Stanford University, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center found that between 2011 and 2018 great white shark numbers in the area had notably risen. Over a period of more than 2,500 hours of observation at three sites – Southeast Farallon Island, Año Nuevo Island and Tomales Point – Comparatively, a 2011 three-year study found just 219 sharks, suggesting the shift. Although the group found both male and female sharks, the estimate of the adult female population sho...

A great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias). (Image credit: Shutterstock) The great white shark population off Northern California's coast is healthy and growing, a new study finds.  A survey of the great whites ( Carcharodon carcharias) off the northern coast finds a stable adult population and a slight uptick in the number of subadult sharks, totaling 300 individuals. Researchers used a seal decoy to lure the apex predators to their boats so they could photograph and count the sharks.  The findings are great for the region. Related: "Robust populations of large predators are critical to...